Oscar+and+the+Mooncats

**Summary/Review**
Oscar is an earthcat who loves his boy and loves to jump on top of the highest piece of furniture that he can reach. One night Oscar is feeling wild. He decides to jump higher than he has ever jumper before. He jumps from the roof all the way to the moon. There he meets the mooncats. They play all kinds of fun games and offer him cream left by the cow who jumps over the moon. Oscar thinks it would be fun to stay there but when he hears his boy calling for him he knows he has to go home. He hitches a ride on the cow who jumps over the moon and returns home to his boy safe and sound. Children and their grownups alike will admire the wonderfully creative multimedia artwork that Nicoletta Ceccoli has created to accompany the text. Using plasticine, collage, acrylics and computer graphics Nicoletta Ceccoli’s artwork has the depth and atmosphere which perfectly captures the magical moonlit scenes in the story. [1] Besides the artwork children will enjoy the story of the adventurous little cat who runs away from home to play on the moon. This is a very sweet story about fun adventure and returning home safely to loved ones. This story is very much a modern day version of //Where the Wild Things Are//, by Maurice Sendak.

**Author and Illustrator Bio.**
Author Lynda Gene Rymond (pictured above left) writes her own biography on [|www.goblinfarm.net]which is her website. In her biography she states "I attended Bucks County Community College and received a B.F.A. from the California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of Arts.) I've worked as a house cleaner, horse stall cleaner (more fun because the horses visit), diner waitress, farmer, houseparent for disabled children, bookseller, maskmaker, and more, all while making art and writing stories and poems, too." [2] Illustrator Nicoletta Ceccoli is pictured on the right. Nicoletta has illustrated many books,mainly in Italy, in the USA and in the UK. Her work has been exhibited at the Bologna Children’s Book fair seven times.She has also shown her work among the others in ‘Roq la Rue’ (Seattle), ’Magic Pony’(Toronto), ’Dorothy Circus’(Rome), Richard Goodall Gallery(Manchester). In 2001,Nicoletta was awarded with the Andersen prize as best Italian illustrator of the year. She is also a four time recipient of the ‘award of excellence’ from Communication Arts.In 2006 she received the silver medal from Society of Illustrator(New York). [3]

** Other Works **
Lynda Gene Rymond: //The Village of Basketeers// Nicoletta Ceccoli: //Firefighters in the Dark, Little Red Riding Hood, The Village of Basketeers, The Barefoot Books of Fairy Tales, The Girl in the Castle, An Island in the Sun, The Faery's Gift, The Princess and the White Bear King// [3]

**Historical Context**
//Oscar and the Mooncats// was published in Fall 2007. It is a very modern day story with innovative illustrations.

**Major Themes**
Home, adventure, play, family

**Links**
[] [1] [|http://www.goblinfarm.net/bio.html] [2] [] [3]