Fletcher and Zenobia

By: Edward Gorey

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Hardcover | 12 April 2016

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This wild and zany story will appeal to fans of Alice and Wonderland and "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat." Fletcher, a cat, is stuck in a tree, where he meets Zenobia, a talking doll. When the two friends throw a party, a curious moth comes with a plan for Fletcher and Zenobia to escape from the tree. Filled with charming illustrations by Victoria Chess and told with Edward Gorey's inimitable flair, the story of Fletcher and Zenobia will stay with children and parents for years.

Our story opens with a cat stuck in a tree, an ordinary-enough occurrence. Fletcher the cat, having run up the tree in a moment of thoughtless abandon, cannot get back down. Then strange things begin to happen- Fletcher finds in his tree a steamer trunk full of hats, and among the hats a papier m che egg that opens to reveal Zenobia, a worldly talking doll who was locked in the egg by an unfeeling child named Mabel. To cheer each other up, Fletcher and Zenobia decide to throw a party, complete with cake, peach ice cream, and punch from a silver punch bowl. The hats come in handy, and a moth, drawn to the festivities, soon becomes the vehicle of an unexpected escape plan.

A story of metamorphosis and friendship, like The Owl and the Pussycat crossed with Alice in Wonderland, Fletcher and Zenobia is a wildly imaginative tale of wish fulfillment and freedom. At once silly and zany, it is not without a certain delicacy of feeling that older children, and adults, will also appreciate.

Publication History- First US pub. 1967; OP for decades

Industry Reviews

"When I was young, my favorite picture book was Fletcher and Zenobia." --Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson & the Olympians

"Edward Gorey, known for his macabre sense of humor and somewhat creepy illustrations, teams up with Victoria Chess to produce a whimsical, slightly psychedelic picture book story that I found *very* groovy as the child of hippies." --Rick Riordan, Myth & Mystery blog

"I was especially charmed by Fletcher and Zenobia...It is deliciously eccentric and assured." --Kate Kellaway, The Guardian (UK)

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