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    Comet's Nine Lives

    Author Jan Brett
    Illustrated by Jan Brett
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    $8.99 US
    Penguin Young Readers | Puffin Books
    10.06"W x 8.75"H x 0.13"D   | 5 oz | 100 per carton
    On sale May 21, 2001 | 32 Pages | 9780698118942
    Age 4-8 years | Preschool - 3
    Reading Level: Lexile AD640L
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    It all begins when Comet walks away from the lighthouse close to his birthplace on Nantucket Island. He visits a garden, a bookstore, a boat, and a party, and at each place he gets into trouble and loses one of his lives. Comet starts to worry. He longs for a home, a place where he’ll be safe. Will he find one before he uses up all nine lives?
    “Brett’s style is deliciously intricate and detailed. Charming.”
    —USA Today

    “Brett’s many avid fans are sure to love this book.”
    —School Library Journal

    “As always, Brett captures the essence of her setting . . . in a luscious and loving tribute to New England.”
    —Booklist

    With more than 44 million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation’s foremost illustrators of children’s books.  As a child, she decided to be an illustrator and spent much of her time reading and drawing. As a student at the Boston Museum School, Jan spent many hours in the Museum of Fine Arts. Travel is also a constant inspiration, so with her husband, Joe Hearne, who was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, she visits many different countries where she researches the architecture and costumes that appear in her work. Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts. View titles by Jan Brett

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    It all begins when Comet walks away from the lighthouse close to his birthplace on Nantucket Island. He visits a garden, a bookstore, a boat, and a party, and at each place he gets into trouble and loses one of his lives. Comet starts to worry. He longs for a home, a place where he’ll be safe. Will he find one before he uses up all nine lives?

    Praise

    “Brett’s style is deliciously intricate and detailed. Charming.”
    —USA Today

    “Brett’s many avid fans are sure to love this book.”
    —School Library Journal

    “As always, Brett captures the essence of her setting . . . in a luscious and loving tribute to New England.”
    —Booklist

    Author

    With more than 44 million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation’s foremost illustrators of children’s books.  As a child, she decided to be an illustrator and spent much of her time reading and drawing. As a student at the Boston Museum School, Jan spent many hours in the Museum of Fine Arts. Travel is also a constant inspiration, so with her husband, Joe Hearne, who was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, she visits many different countries where she researches the architecture and costumes that appear in her work. Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts. View titles by Jan Brett

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