The Cinder-Eyed Cats

About this book

In his first book since Time Flies his Caldecott Honor debut Eric Rohmann transports a young boy in a magical sailboat to a lush tropical island inhabited by six cats with eyes like blazing coals. Rohmanns magnificent oil paintings draw the eye seamlessly from page to page adding layers of complexity to a deceptively simple storyline. His palette reaches effortlessly from the brilliance of a tropical day to the glow of a starlit night while his scenes range from breathtaking ocean vistas to the meticulously detailed and expressive creatures. The Cinder-Eyed Cats is both a sumptuous feast for the eye and a virtuoso feat of picture storytelling. Time Flies a wordless picture book is inspired by the theory that birds are the modern relatives of dinosaurs. This story conveys the tale of a bird trapped in a dinosaur exhibit at a natural history museum. Through Erics use of color readers can actually see the bird enter into a mouth of a dinosaur and then escape unscathed.