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Pets and their famous humans / Ana Gallo ; illustrations: Katherine Quinn ; [translation: Paul Kelly].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: London ; New York, NY : Prestel Art, 2020Copyright date: ©2019Edition: English editionDescription: 42 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783791374253
  • 3791374257
Uniform titles:
  • Amistades animales. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Granizo, Frida Kahlo's fawn -- Archie, Andy Warhol's friend for life -- Katze, Gustav Klimt's furry companion -- Pinka, Virginia Woolf's inspiration -- Grip, Charles Dickens's talking raven -- Crocodiles in the bathtub, Dorothy Parker's crocodiles -- Babou, Salvador Dalí's painted cat -- Bibo, Albert Einstein's sad parrot -- Jofi, Sigmund Freud's helper -- Diamond, Isaac Newtwon's clumsy chum -- Lump, Pablo Picasso's darling -- Starling, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's feathered imitator -- Snowball, Ernest Hemingway's lucky cat -- Bustopher Jones, Mungojerrie & Rumpleteazer, T.S. Eliot's cats -- Puce, Henri Matisse's black cat -- Pluto & Elia, Lucian Freud's models -- Choupette, Karl Lagerfeld's media star -- Stanley & Boodgie, David Hockney's dachshunds -- Bo & Chia, Georgia O'Keefe's chow chows -- Bimbo, Paul Klee's white tomcat.
Summary: In this charmingly illustrated collection of pet-related stories children will find out about some of history's most important scientists, artists, writers, and musicians and their beloved animals. Did you know that Mozart's pet starling was the inspiration for his Piano Concerto No. 17? Or that writer Dorothy Parker loved animals so much she let a pair of alligators swim in her bathtub? These are just a couple of the stories in this delightful and surprising collection that profiles the strong bond between humans and their pets. Some of these stories are touching: Frida Kahlo memorialized her pet deer Granizo in her painting The Wounded Deer. Some are a little quirky: Albert Einstein, convinced that his parrot, Bibo, was sad, told bad jokes to cheer the bird up. Each of these wonderfully entertaining stories is made even more appealing by Katherine Quinn's captivating illustrations. Rich in detail and reminiscent of folk art, they capture the humor and poignancy of these fascinating pairings. Together these stories and illustrations will create lasting impressions that will help young readers identify historic figures and spark joy in friendships with the animals in their own lives.
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Did you know that Mozart's pet starling was the inspiration for his Piano Concerto No. 17? Or that writer Dorothy Parker loved animals so much she let a pair of alligators swim in her bathtub? These are just a couple of the stories in this delightful and surprising collection that profiles the strong bond between humans and their pets. Some of these stories are touching: Frida Kahlo memorialised her pet deer Granizo in her painting The Wounded Deer. Some are a little quirky: Albert Einstein, convinced that his parrot, Bibo, was sad, told bad jokes to cheer the bird up. Each of these wonderfully entertaining stories is made even more appealing by Katherine Quinn's captivating illustrations. Rich in detail and reminiscent of folk art, they capture the humour and poignancy of these fascinating pairings. Together these stories and illustrations will create lasting impressions that will help young readers identify historic figures and spark joy in friendships with the animals in their own lives.

"Title of the original Spanish edition: Amistades animals. © for the Spanish edition: Zahori Books, 2019."

Granizo, Frida Kahlo's fawn -- Archie, Andy Warhol's friend for life -- Katze, Gustav Klimt's furry companion -- Pinka, Virginia Woolf's inspiration -- Grip, Charles Dickens's talking raven -- Crocodiles in the bathtub, Dorothy Parker's crocodiles -- Babou, Salvador Dalí's painted cat -- Bibo, Albert Einstein's sad parrot -- Jofi, Sigmund Freud's helper -- Diamond, Isaac Newtwon's clumsy chum -- Lump, Pablo Picasso's darling -- Starling, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's feathered imitator -- Snowball, Ernest Hemingway's lucky cat -- Bustopher Jones, Mungojerrie & Rumpleteazer, T.S. Eliot's cats -- Puce, Henri Matisse's black cat -- Pluto & Elia, Lucian Freud's models -- Choupette, Karl Lagerfeld's media star -- Stanley & Boodgie, David Hockney's dachshunds -- Bo & Chia, Georgia O'Keefe's chow chows -- Bimbo, Paul Klee's white tomcat.

In this charmingly illustrated collection of pet-related stories children will find out about some of history's most important scientists, artists, writers, and musicians and their beloved animals. Did you know that Mozart's pet starling was the inspiration for his Piano Concerto No. 17? Or that writer Dorothy Parker loved animals so much she let a pair of alligators swim in her bathtub? These are just a couple of the stories in this delightful and surprising collection that profiles the strong bond between humans and their pets. Some of these stories are touching: Frida Kahlo memorialized her pet deer Granizo in her painting The Wounded Deer. Some are a little quirky: Albert Einstein, convinced that his parrot, Bibo, was sad, told bad jokes to cheer the bird up. Each of these wonderfully entertaining stories is made even more appealing by Katherine Quinn's captivating illustrations. Rich in detail and reminiscent of folk art, they capture the humor and poignancy of these fascinating pairings. Together these stories and illustrations will create lasting impressions that will help young readers identify historic figures and spark joy in friendships with the animals in their own lives.

Translated from the Spanish.

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