The Zoom Trilogy

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The three picture books collected in this single volume tell the story

of Zoom, a cat in search of his mysterious, seafaring Uncle Roy. His

search leads him to his uncle's friend Maria, a woman whose house holds

not only the ocean (as we discover in Zoom at Sea, which The Toronto Star called "the most completely satisfying Canadian picture

book ever produced"), but also, somewhere up near the attic, the North

Pole (as we learn in Zoom Away), and, behind the books in the

library, Egypt and its Nile (Zoom Upstream). Tim Wynne-Jones'

gentle, whimsical stories are enhanced by the enchanting black-and-white

illustrations, by Eric Beddows, that complement each page of text. A

lasting treasure for the family library. With a Preface by James

Mustich, Jr.