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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Caruso's Song to the Moon
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'Caruso is a cat who fancies himself as a bit of a crooner. He sings a lovely scale to the moon, and admires each of the individual notes in turn. Unfortunately, Caruso's operatic overtures are not appreciated by his neighbours. Mrs Evans, who is being kept awake by Caruso's caterwauling, throws a bucket of water at him. The hapless Caruso's other critics include a newspaper boy, a nasty dog and a squawking parrot. Caruso's quest for artistic expression and acceptance remains unfulfilled and he sadly settles down for a nap, never having finished his song to the moon.

'The next night Caruso finds a very isolated spot on a high roof, the perfect place to sing his song to the moon uninterrupted. Such was the philistinism of the other neighbours, that when smoke starts pouring out of the house he thinks to himself, 'They are trying to smoke me out of here'. But he decides that nothing is going to prevent him from finishing his song this time. Caruso's final flourish wakes up the whole family below.

'What will this angry family do to poor old Caruso?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Also published in Norway by Omnipax.
  • Included in the 2005 White Ravens Catalogue compiled by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Lothian , 2004 .
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      Extent: 31p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 073440624X
Alternative title: Caruso og sangen til månen
Language: Norwegian
    • Oslo,
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      Norway,
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      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Omnipax ,
      2004 .
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      Extent: 32p.p.
      ISBN: 9788253026190, 8253026196

Works about this Work

Untitled Irma Kruesmann , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 48 no. 4 2004; (p. 21)

— Review of Caruso's Song to the Moon Adele Jaunn , 2004 single work picture book
Bookshelf Katharine England , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 September 2004; (p. 11)

— Review of Caruso's Song to the Moon Adele Jaunn , 2004 single work picture book ; The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard 2004 single work picture book ; Yardil Rosanne Hawke , 2004 single work picture book
Untitled Kevin Steinberger , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 19 no. 3 2004; (p. 27)

— Review of Caruso's Song to the Moon Adele Jaunn , 2004 single work picture book
Untitled Kevin Steinberger , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 19 no. 3 2004; (p. 27)

— Review of Caruso's Song to the Moon Adele Jaunn , 2004 single work picture book
Bookshelf Katharine England , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 September 2004; (p. 11)

— Review of Caruso's Song to the Moon Adele Jaunn , 2004 single work picture book ; The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard 2004 single work picture book ; Yardil Rosanne Hawke , 2004 single work picture book
Untitled Irma Kruesmann , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 48 no. 4 2004; (p. 21)

— Review of Caruso's Song to the Moon Adele Jaunn , 2004 single work picture book
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