Chicken and Cat Clean Up - Sara Varon

Wordless
Scholastic, 2009
$16.99
44 pgs. ages 4-8
Rating: 3.5
Endpapers: thick green strips with encircled animal characters from the book

Chicken and Cat are two friends that live together. Chicken has decided to start a housecleaning business, and of course his friend Cat comes along to help out. But cat is tired, clumsy, and unsure of what to do, so he makes a lot of mistakes that have to be rectified. However, after they leave the apartment they are cleaning, he apprehends a mouse that has burgled a woman's purse, and thus becomes a hero.

Totally wordless. As I "read" it to Brendan, who's four, I had to explain what was going on in places, but he stayed interested and mesmerized througout the entire 44 pages. He talked about it later, so it was a hit! Very cute illustrations.

Chicken and Cat was written previously, this is their second adventure.