When the Silliest Cat Was Small - Tapa dura

Gilles Bachelet's cat behaves like any normal cat - sleeping, eating, getting in the way, making a mess - but in this warm and funny picture book he happens to be...a very large elephant.In this story, Bachelet recounts choosing his cat as a kitten, and how the cat got used to living with him. When he's lonely, Bachelet gets him a new friend, but the kitten doesn't quite take to his new buddy. It's funny and sweet, just like the first book.

Gilles Bachelet was born in 1952 in Saint Quentin, Aisne. After some training in art at university, which he attended only sporadically, he began illustrating for magazines and other press. Ever since then he has been a professional illustrator. For four years, Gilles Bachelet has taught illustration at the Ecole Superieure d'Art in Cambrai, France.