The Sly Old Cat

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The Sly Old Cat
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First edition
AuthorBeatrix Potter
IllustratorBeatrix Potter
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's literature
PublisherFrederick Warne & Co
Publication date
1971
Media typePrint (hardcover)
ISBN0-7232-1420-4
Preceded by 

The Sly Old Cat is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter in 1906, and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1971, almost thirty years after her death. The story tells of a cat who invites a rat to a tea party with the intention of eating him, but the rat outwits her and leaves the party with a muffin in a paper bag.[1][2][3]

Critical commentary[]

The Sly Old Cat is told mainly in monosyllables, and is critically considered "perfect in its fusion of word and picture, and visually reminiscent of Randolph Caldecott in its rythmic narrative flow."[1]

References[]

Footnotes
  1. ^ a b Taylor 1987, p. 130
  2. ^ Lear 2007, p. 280
  3. ^ MacDonald 1986, p. 50
Works cited
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