A Most Mysterious Mouse - by Giovanna Zoboli (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A cat obsessed by mice waits in anticipation, fear, and longing for the one unimaginable mouse to finally show up!<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>It seems fair to say that there have never been as many mice in any book as there are in this one!</strong> This may well be because the protagonist, a singular and most ambitious cat, has promised himself that by the age of eighteen he will have imagined ONE MILLION MICE! Every stripe of mouse is imagined here, except for one--the most mysterious mouse!</p> <p>"Touching on themes of solitude, creativity, and obsession, it's a story that's alternately elusive and philosophical, thanks to Shugaar's mischievous translation and D'Andrea's sly, sleek, and sumptuous drawings."--<strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p> <p>"A delightfully zany and surreal exploration of the ways in which we humans obsess and isolate ourselves over real or imagined troubles--all told through the eyes of a perfectionistic, philosophical cat. An unexpected end makes this playful, mouse-filled romp a treasure to read."<strong><strong>--Hannah DeCamp, Avid Bookshop, Athens Georgia</strong></strong></p> <p><strong>Giovanna Zoboli</strong> is a writer and publisher who lives and works in Milan. She is she is currently the editor and art director of Topipittori, which she founded with Paolo Canton. Her books, which count more than thirty, have been published in Italy and abroad. Since <strong><em>A Most Mysterious Mouse</em></strong> with <strong>Enchanted Lion Books</strong>, her title, <strong><em> Professional Crocodile</em></strong>, was published by <strong>Chronicle Books</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Lisa D'Andrea</strong> is an award-winning illustrator who lives and works in Padua. She spent her childhood in northern Italy and has devoted herself to drawing and painting ever since. After graduating from college in the humanities, she went to the <strong>International School of Comics of Padua</strong>. Since 2015, her work has been selected for many awards and exhibitions. In 2016 she took part in the traveling collective exhibition for the 150th anniversary of <em>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</em>.</p> <p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Touching on themes of solitude, creativity, and obsession, it's a story that's alternately elusive and philosophical, thanks to Shugaar's mischievous translation and D'Andrea's sly, sleek, and sumptuous drawings."--<strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em> </strong></p> <p>"A delightfully zany and surreal exploration of the ways in which we humans obsess and isolate ourselves over real or imagined troubles--all told through the eyes of a perfectionistic, philosophical cat. An unexpected end makes this playful, mouse-filled romp a treasure to read."<strong>--Hannah DeCamp, Avid Bookshop, Athens Georgia</strong> </p> <p><strong>I can't tell you how much I love this book. It's the only picture book I've read that really gets to the heart of the creative process, how strong an idea can be, how it can take over your entire imagination until, finally you find what you're looking for</strong>. It's playfully written by Giovanna Zoboli and translated from the Italian by Antony Shuggar. Lisa D'Andrea illustrated it with the sweetest colored pencil drawings, emphasizing form over splashy colors. There's lots of white space in the story -- room for imagination and for a fantasy about mice -- one hundred mice, one million mice! But especially one mysterious mouse that hides on the edge of a wide eyed tabby cat's imagination. A mouse he can't quite see as well as he'd like, but knows is there, if only he thinks, imagines, spends enough time alone, pondering mice. And he's not doing all this creative work for food -- he wants it to understand it, appreciate its particular mouse-ness and bring it fully to life. What creative person can't identify with that? What child, left alone long enough, won't begin to imagine something wonderful, if only they have time to daydream? Whether it's an image, a story, a song -- we have to sit with our ideas for as long as it takes until the right one comes along. The one only we can bring to life. -- <strong>Joy Murray, joymurray.com</strong></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Giovanna Zoboli</strong> is a writer and publisher who lives and works in Milan. She is she is currently the editor and art director of Topipittori, which she founded with Paolo Canton. Her books, which count more than thirty, have been published in Italy and abroad. Since <strong><em>A Most Mysterious Mouse</em></strong> with <strong>Enchanted Lion Books</strong>, her title, <strong><em> Professional Crocodile</em></strong>, was published by <strong>Chronicle Books</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Lisa D'Andrea</strong> is an award-winning illustrator who lives and works in Padua. She spent her childhood in northern Italy and has devoted herself to drawing and painting ever since. After graduating from college in the humanities, she went to the <strong>International School of Comics of Padua</strong>. Since 2015, her work has been selected for many awards and exhibitions. In 2016 she took part in the traveling collective exhibition for the 150th anniversary of <em>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</em>.</p>
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