Magic Thinks Big
Greenwillow Books (April 1, 2004)
Reading age : 3 - 5 years
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Magic thinks big
Years ago I spent a week at a house on a lake in Maine. There was a cat there named Magic, and one morning we saw him sitting in a doorway, looking out. My wife said, “Magic is contemplating his next move.” I liked that line and thought it would be a good start to a book. When we flew home to California I found a cat to sketch. An immense cat named Orangey, who according to his owner’s vet was, at thirty-four pounds, the largest cat in Alameda County. I drew him, and drew on memories of the Maine lake, and wondered what a cat would think about while sitting in a doorway. I like the idea that imagination can be its own adventure.
