{"product_id":"napoleons-orangutan-a-collection-of-miraculous-creatures","title":"SIGNED INDIE EXCLUSIVE: Napoleon's Orangutan: A collection of miraculous creatures by Katherine Rundell (Hardback) Publishes 08\/10\/26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis stunning book will be available for collection from The Paper Cat on 8th October, we post out on publication date too. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA pocket-sized wonder from the author of The Golden Mole and Impossible Creatures and gorgeously illustrated by Chris Wormell, containing spellbinding portraits of a dozen animals we should treasure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNapoleon had an orangutan called Rose, who ate turnips at the dinner table and stood when guests came into the room. She was much adored, but could not survive in Paris.\u003cbr\u003eA pig can be taught to differentiate between Bach and a brass band. One was once tried for murder: another saved a human's life.\u003cbr\u003eAn owl can turn its head two hundred and seventy degrees. They can learn to come at a whistle, and remember the signal for years, if they wish to.\u003cbr\u003eThe creatures who share our world are stranger, smarter and more miraculous than you would believe.\u003cbr\u003eIn this delightful collection, Katherine Rundell celebrates twelve vanishing animals, each one a wonder that she inspires us to treasure and fight for with love - because, as she argues so beguilingly: 'The time to give up is never.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power.' - Observer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paper Cat Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57024312082758,"sku":"9780571404230","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/0300\/1670\/files\/9780571404230.jpg?v=1785154824","url":"https:\/\/www.papercatbookshop.co.uk\/products\/napoleons-orangutan-a-collection-of-miraculous-creatures","provider":"Paper Cat Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}