Lorenzo Sangió – illustratör

Gaelic translation of funny, heartwarming French bestseller Le Super Pouvoir des Histoires by Didier Levy and illustrated by Lorenzo Sangio about a cat with a clever plan to 'catch' mice. He's a bit lazy and doesn't want to spend all his time chasing after them. So he comes up with a way he thinks will encourage them to come to him - reading them books out loud, and enticing them with lots of interesting stories. The mice start coming to him to hear him read the next story. The cat tries all sorts of different stories - funny ones, sad ones, even slightly boring ones but he can't quite find what works best to help him 'catch' the mice and things don't quite work out the way he expects. And then he decides to write his own story to see if that works. The cat discovers he is a great storyteller and through the experience of reading all the different books to the cats, he ultimately finds happiness. And even the cats are contented. A delightfully illustrated book celebrating books and the power of stories. Spot the references to a number of classic stories sometimes with a twist - Puss in Boots, The Little Prince, Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio.The central character of Maurice the cat.He's lazy and can't be bothered running around to catch mice.He decides on a cunning plan to draw the mice to him.He reads stories out loud and they come closer.But he can't find the right story.Sometimes they all end up laughing (including Maurice)Sometimes they all get bored and fall asleep.He decides to write his own story.He becomes friends with the mice.They bring him gifts - other tasty things to eat.As the book ends Maurice has become a writer, he's surrounded by his little mice friends listening to him tell them his stories and presumably they all live happily ever after.It's a story that rightly deserves its place at the top of the French children's charts. Bound to be a favourite with booksellers for highlighting the magic of stories and books.The illustrations are adorable, endearing, sweet and it's fun to spot the classic book titles and clever cat references on almost every page.