There is a geography in the illustration of most Persian/ Iranian books that I adore. Whether it describes a village, a house interior or thoughts the way that the content and illustrations assemble on the page, like a strange map brings me great delight, they have a visual language all of their own. This is 'Pussy Cat and Pussy Mouse' written by Farideh Khalatbaree and illustrated by the wonderful Atieh Bozorg Sohrabi . In this story, a mouse escapes from a cat into another house and faints to see a cat at this house too. However, this cat is a lovely cat and the cat and mouse, much to the mistresses' horror fall in love. A friendly crow saves the day by teaching the cat to fly so that she can fly the mouse to safety.
I have blogged this book before but did not have access to the illustrations and story that I do now, so please enjoy the second exploration of this delightful book.
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