Mister King
This was one of my favorite books at the library in elementary school, in kindergarten, maybe 1st grade. After the book was identified from my hazy memories I ordered it through inter-library loan.
It came in this morning, and for once the fact that I'm at work well before I can clock in worked out. I was able to read this immediately.
Its more wordy than I remember, but that might have appealed to me who back then loathed the time we had to spend over such books with titles like 'Sammy Sam the Flying Man' that had a word a page at best. The watercolor illustrations are expansive too, full of wide shots of gardens and the sea, staircases and corridors. I want to frame the whispering library and keep it on my wall.
Its a simple story, and the man is an absurd monarchist, but cute, especially with the orange cat lounging about and, well, being a cat and getting the king to provide it with food and games. Sometime childhood memories hold up.
