화려한 색감과 정교하게 구성된 3D 삽화로 가득한 이 책은 베스트셀러 작가이자 칼데콧 명예상 수상자인 브라이언 리스가 졸린 아기 고양이의 낮잠이 예술, 시간, 역사를 넘나드는 장대한 여정으로 변모하는 이야기를 담고 있습니다

나른한 오후, 소파에서 책을 읽는 소녀 옆에서 아기 고양이가 낮잠을 자고 있습니다. 그러다 우연히 생쥐를 발견한 고양이가 벽에 걸린 포스터 속으로 뛰어들면서, 시공간과 예술의 역사를 넘나드는 장대한 추격전이 시작됩니다.

고양이와 생쥐는 고대 이집트 부조부터 중세 필사본, 화려한 스테인드글라스까지 시대를 대표하는 걸작들 속을 종횡무진 누빕니다. 작가는 이 모든 장면을 실제 원작의 기법과 질감을 살려 정교하게 재현해냈습니다. 길을 잃은 고양이는 과연 예술의 도움을 받아 무사히 집으로 돌아올 수 있을까요? 고양이에게는 매 순간이 긴장감 넘치는 모험이자, 독자들에게는 책장 자체가 하나의 거대한 미술관이 되는 압도적인 비주얼의 그림책입니다.

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“Utterly beautiful, playfully fun, and, above all, breathtaking.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Mr. Lies has set a new standard for ingenuity” —Wall Street Journal

With lush paintings and intricately constructed 3-D artwork, bestselling and Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Brian Lies introduces a sleepy kitten whose afternoon nap transforms into an epic journey through art, time, and history. Perfect for fans of They All Saw a Cat, Museum Trip, and Jumanji. Includes a note from the author about how the illustrations were created.

In the warm, late afternoon sunlight, a girl sits on the couch reading a book. Her kitten dozes nearby. But when Kitten notices a mouse and dives after it through a framed poster on the wall, an epic chase through time, art, and history ensues. Is it a dream? That’s up to the reader to decide, but for the kitten, every leap and bound is full of suspense and makes for a masterpiece.

Caldecott Honor–winning andNew York Times bestsellingauthor-illustrator Brian Lies creates a truly unique picture book journey that invites young readers through the galleries of an art museum as well as through time, space, and history. As the cat and mouse leap from one page to the next, they are portrayed in the style of masterful artworks from history—an ancient Egyptian relief, an illuminated manuscript, a stained-glass window, a ceramic dog—each painstakingly and lovingly re-created in its original media by Brian Lies. When the sly mouse gets away, Kitten finds himself lost and alone. Will art help him find his way home?

This visual showstopper by an award-winning and bestselling picture book creator offers readers a page-turning cat and mouse chase, an introduction to famous works of art throughout history, an epic adventure story, and a homecoming. Backmatter includes information about how each of the illustrations in the book was created, notes on the original artworks featured in the book, and an afterword inviting young readers to make, create, and build things.