We are so excited to welcome bestselling author/illustrator and Caldecott Honor-winning creator Brian Lies to celebrate his new picture book, Cat Nap! Cat Nap is a truly unique picture book that takes young readers on a romp through art history, as a gray kitten pursues a mouse by magically jumping into a poster for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and centuries of sculpture, painting, stained glass, and illuminated manuscripts come to three-dimensional life.
Brian will read his new picture book, answer questions, and sign books. Copies will be available for purchase at the event, along with many of his other titles.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Kitten is dozing in the sunlight one lazy afternoon until Kitten notices a mouse and dives after it, beginning an epic chase through time, art, and history. As the cat and mouse leap from one page to the next, they are portrayed in the style of masterful artworks from history—an ancient Egyptian relief, an illuminated manuscript, a stained-glass window, a ceramic dog—each painstakingly and lovingly re-created in its original media. When the sly mouse gets away, Kitten finds himself lost and alone. Will art help him find his way home?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Brian Lies is the New York Times bestselling creator of Bats at the Beach, Bats at the Library, Bats at the Ballgame, Bats in the Band, and the Caldecott Honor book The Rough Patch. He has written and/or illustrated dozens of other acclaimed books for children. He lives with his family in a small seaside town in Massachusetts, where he tends a big and thriving garden.
