Publisher Description

Orange Kitty and the Mouse Parade is a playful, colourful, vibrantly illustrated, counting and rhyming children's picture book about a sleepy cat that snoozes through a lively parade with fifty-five marching, cheering, trumpeting, baton-twirling mice, who tumble out from a "little blue door just an inch from the floor." Each dramatic page brings increasing numbers of little furry performers, from ONE marching maestro, through the final FIFTY-FIVE mice, spilling onto the page in a joyful splash of fun and frolics. Little readers will be charmed by the costumed revelers and will delight in counting the mice on each page and learning and recognizing the numbers emblazoned on each of their tiny costumes. Adult readers will love the read-aloud rhythmn and help spark a love of learning, while counting along with their little ones, and helping spot the numbers.

Author Biography

Elizabeth (E.M.) Gales is a children's author and illustrator living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After spending twenty years working with seniors, creating daily art, music, and dance programs, she decided to retire early to work on passion projects that had been on the back burner. She studied art at community colleges, the University of British Columbia, and The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver. After almost a year in the fine arts program, life sent her in another direction. Several years later a move from BC to Nova Scotia allowed her to finally focus on her lifelong dream of becoming an author/illustrator. The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) helped her on that journey. Along with writing and illustrating, Elizabeth loves gardening, walks by the ocean, the wind, and cold, cozy sweater weather. Her illustrations utilize pen and ink, colored ink, watercolour, and acrylic as well as digital art.

Review

"Orange you glad to discover this joyful book? Buoyant and whimsical, it celebrates the world of small while a plump tabby has a snore in the hall. Full of cheeky mice and rhyming verse, it's a fun introduction to numbers. Kids will want to count every mouse in the vivid, intricate illustrations. Orange Kitty and the Mouse Parade is sure to be a bedtime favourite."Nicola Davison, Author Decoding Dot Grey "Orange Kitty and the Mouse Parade is a carnival of colourful images, rollicking rhymes and mice galore. Will Orange Kitty awake from her slumbers amidst the amusing antics of more and more (and more) talented and tiny mice that appear through "a little blue door...just an inch from the floor"? Perhaps all this is simply a feline fantasy...or is it? Through her vividly detailed illustrations and her imaginative word play, Gales has created a story to delight all children and the adults who read aloud to them."Sylvia Gunnery, Author/Educator Orange Kitty and the Mouse Parade teaches children about numbers while telling a wonderfully imaginative story. What tumbles out from "the little blue door just an inch from the floor" is pure delight, as playful as the mice themselves. This book is a real treasure for every reader!Anne Simpson, Author Speechless

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"Orange you glad to discover this joyful book? Buoyant and whimsical, it celebrates the world of small while a plump tabby has a snore in the hall. Full of cheeky mice and rhyming verse, it's a fun introduction to numbers. Kids will want to count every mouse in the vivid, intricate illustrations. Orange Kitty and the Mouse Parade is sure to be a bedtime favourite." Nicola Davison, Author Decoding Dot Grey "Orange Kitty and the Mouse Parade is a carnival of colourful images, rollicking rhymes and mice galore. Will Orange Kitty awake from her slumbers amidst the amusing antics of more and more (and more) talented and tiny mice that appear through "a little blue door...just an inch from the floor"? Perhaps all this is simply a feline fantasy...or is it? Through her vividly detailed illustrations and her imaginative word play, Gales has created a story to delight all children and the adults who read aloud to them." Sylvia Gunnery, Author/Educator Orange Kitty and the Mouse Parade teaches children about numbers while telling a wonderfully imaginative story. What tumbles out from "the little blue door just an inch from the floor" is pure delight, as playful as the mice themselves. This book is a real treasure for every reader! Anne Simpson, Author Speechless

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