Het die Afrikaanse weergawe van die boek gelees. My langer geneem om om te blaai as om te lees. Moet een ding vir die boek gee. Die illustrasies is voorwaar besonders. Veral vir die gekose ouderdomsgroep.

Die storie sal 'n baba sus. Daaraan het ek geen twyfel nie.

The Owl and the Pussycat is a classic nonsense poem by Edward Lear, and has long been one of my favourite books since I was a young child. There are many versions of the poem with different illustrations, but they are always beautiful to look at and really engaging for young readers. The poem is a love story between two anthropomorphic characters, the owl and the pussycat, and follows them as they get engaged and search for a ring. We meet various other silly characters throughout the poem, and none of it really makes any sense, which I think adds to its charm.

Children reading this book will love the storyline of the poem, and will be introduced to a rhyming structure that is easy to follow. It is very imaginative, and will take young children on a magical journey while they are reading it, or listening to it being read to them. As I previously mentioned, the illustrations are beautiful and really help to tell the story and engage the reader. I feel that it is a wonderful poem for children to be introduced to, as it is silly and perfect for kids to enjoy.

I have no words for this book. It's wierd and not at all what i expected.
And the stanza that goes something like this; oh what a lovely pussy you are. say what? who would write that in a childrens book. Not good, not good

The Owl and the Pussycat were in love with each other. You can read this book, but I’m guessing you won’t like it. I didn’t like it because the owl didn’t get a ring. Also how does an owl strum a little guitar? The end.

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This poem takes the cake of being the worst poem about animals I’ve read so far in life. It was super boring, super uninteresting and it didn’t make sense.

The plot here in this one was like what I’ve said above so it isn’t much to add here.

The writing style here was so bad that it felt like it was written by a drunk and druged up monk with mental disabilities.

So, this was a little bit of a curveball listen for me because I wasn’t overly sure why I had chosen it in the first place. But I wanted to see what it had in store for me and I had a nice old time.

The poems seemed quite basic to me which was a bit of a surprise because I had a memory of them being overly complex and complicated. But that is apparently not the case. The only one I was familiar with was the titular The Owl and the Pussycat. The others were all relatively unknown to me which was nice in a way but other than that there isn’t much to write home about with this one.

Okay dumb. I have a hard time imagining an owl and a pussycat getting married by a turkey...wierd....I'm sure I'm reading way more into it. Yes, I know it's all "nonsense" but some nonsense I struggle with.

Good illustrations though...

Jan Brett's Caribbean-inspired illustrations for the classic Edward Lear poem are teeming with life, and the effect is stunning. The colors, textures, and shapes are a visual treat. Each page also has a different pattern of "straw" border, adorned with a different tropical flower.

The pictures overflow with detail, to the point where there's even a sub-story (pardon the pun) involving two yellow fish.

I didn't give it the full 5 stars because the way the text is broken up across spreads makes it difficult to read the poem with any kind of flow, and because some of Brett's admittedly gorgeous illustrations could (and perhaps should) have had more of a connection to the text. For one notable example -- there's no pot of honey on the boat, and we never get a look at the money wrapped up in the five-pound note!

But there's no denying the beauty of the illustrations, and the Caribbean theme works surprisingly well. This is a great book for anyone -- for newcomers to the splendid silliness of the poem as well as for old fans of the poem who are looking for an edition with fabulous illustrations.

This rating is for the edition illustrated by Paul Galdone.

This rating is for the version illustrated by Barbara Cooney

A beautiful poem that makes no sense but somehow also makes total sense. The Owl and the Pussycat has such a lovely rhythm which adds to the enjoyment of listening to it.

This is absolutely one of my favorite poems from childhood.

I am so happy that I found the Golden Book edition of it and can share it with my little ones!