I found this awesome book while I was browsing Amazon (I do lots of window shopping* at Amazon).
It's about a kitty who lives with an old woman by the sea. One day the old woman dies and the kitty is bundled up with her furniture and sent to the town where she was born. The cat is neglected so he sets off in search of his home. He eventually arrives back at his home and finds warmth and love again. It's kind of melancholy and moody but the happy ending makes it work. The story of a cat driven by a memory of love and place is pretty universal but the illustrations are more specific. The cat travels from Rouen to St Tropez via some of the most memorable natural and built landmarks in France.
The art is awesome, kind of Impressionistic but with bolder brushwork.
Me and the boys have a scheme to visit all the places the cat traveled to. So far we have visited St Tropez, Mont Blanc, Montagne Ste-Victoire, Paris and Pont du Gard. So we still have to tick off the Canal de Bourgogne, Chambord and Rouen.
*I love the French expression faire du leche-vitrines - to go licking windows.
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