Sailing to Cythera

Name: Sailing to Cythera
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Nancy Willard
ISBN: 9781436144292

Author: Nancy Willard

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Unabridged: 1 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/19/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

The wallpaper above Anatole's bed is dotted with islands and shepherds and small boats decorated with roses. While gazing at the figures one afternoon, Anatole is sucked into the wallpaper itself. Includes the stories Gospel Train and The Wise Soldier of Sellebak.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jordan

3.75; Fabulism for young folks - a collection of stories with a decidedly Schulzian feel; in the first tale a young boy (the titular Anatole) and his cat take a train to the afterworld to pay a visit to the cat's aunt "Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass" style, while in the concluding story......more

Goodreads review by Kristin

While not my favorite of the series, Anatoles' beginning is always a pleasure.......more