Curly Cat The Acrobat
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Curly Cat the Acrobat is the second book in the series about the adventures of Curly Cat. After the validation Curly Cat experiences in the first book, he is bursting with confidence. He decides he is destined to be a trapeze flyer. His friends try to discourage him but Curly Cat sneaks back to the Catabatics Training School after dark. Without any training, he climbs the ladder to the high platform, He steps out and is paralysed with fear ...
Includes a non-fiction section about cats' falling and flying trapeze -the first flyer, Jules Leotard, safety harness and safety net and the first triple and quadruple somersaults.
Author: Jennifer Somervell
ISBN: 9780473745493
Publisher: Landing Lights Press
Published: 04/10/2025
Format: Paperback / softback
About the Author
Jennifer Somervell is the author of the award-winning Tales From the Farm picture book series, illustrated by her sister Margery Fern. The stories are based on their childhood adventures growing up on a New Zealand farm in the 1970s. Curly Cat the Acrobat is Jennifer's third fictional book, and the second featuring the antics of Curly Cat. All her nine books have all won first place awards in the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards for excellence in children's literature.
Illustrator Zerika Van Jaarsveld cut her artistic teeth drawing on the walls of her grandmother's family home in Namibia. Curly Cat the Acrobat is her third collaboration with Jennifer. She lives in Otautau, Southland.
