Sam and Emma

A kind hound and a critical cat venture beyond their garden gate for a look at how other animals live in this endearing hardcover edition, which is charmingly illustrated by cult legend Edward Gorey, "one of the great American artists of the 20th century" — Book Page. Emma pours feline scorn over every creature they encounter, while Sam offers a more balanced perspective and a gently irresistible appeal for tolerance.

Indiana native Donald Nelsen has lived and worked in New York City for more than 50 years. In 1959 he was awarded a Fulbright grant to study painting in Paris, and upon his return to the United States he joined a design studio and began creating textile and wallpaper designs as well as painted wood carvings of everyday objects. Several of his oil paintings are on display at the Brooklyn Historical Society.
American author and artist Edward Gorey (1925–2000) combined whimsy and dark humor in such illustrated books asThe Haunted Tea-Cosy, The Hapless Child, and The Fatal Lozenge. His distinctive style, featuring characters in Victorian dress in surrealistic settings, achieved wide recognition with his opening-sequence animation for the PBSMystery! series.