Oscar, Cat-About-Town by James Herriot. First edition of Ruth Brown version. Oscar the rescue cat is too much of a social animal to stay put.
Written by James Herriot. Illustrated by Ruth Brown. 1990, first edition thus. (Originally published 1977.) St. Martin's Press.
James Herriot (1916 - 1995) was the beloved author of All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Wonderful, All Things Wise and Wonderful, and other books inspired by his life as a veterinarian in rural England. (Herriot was the pen name for James Alfred Wight, and his stories were edited and retitled for the US market.)
Oscar is a rescue cat that proves to be a very social animal. From the front flap:
"This latest adventure follows a stray cat left with the Herriots by a little girl who found him wandering. Herriot and his wife fall in love with him, and name him Oscar. But the cat keeps sneaking away, and they don't know why - until he begins turning up at social events all over Darrowby. Oscar, it seems, just likes to visit: he's a cat-about-town."
Ruth Brown is a favorite British children's book illustrator, and has been shortlisted multiple times for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. Her artwork for this book is beautiful.
Discover more about James Herriot.
En.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herriot
Discover more of Ruth's books at Goodreads.
Goodreads.com/author/show/26300.Ruth_Brown
Condition*: Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket has a small chip in lower right front corner.
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