Illustrated by David ParkinsFlash Light Press, 2010
$16.95
32 pages
Rating: 5
Endpapers: blue with cat scratches, perhaps? Hard to say!
In this rollicking, rhyming story, a cat-hating dad gets saddled with first one, then two...three...four...FIVE cats...that all come to the family in different ways.
Cute, cute, cute.
The illustrations - watercolor over pen and ink - are a riot, especially the dad, a plump guy who always wears short and horizontally striped short sleeved shirts. And the cats. Oh, yeah.
This one's a real winner. I want to read it aloud - to my class, to my grandkids, to my friends....
What a great picture book to read along with Hate That Cat (Creech).
1 comment:
Thanks for the rave review, Chris. Those endpapers were the fabric from Dad's armchair, but you're right -- they're certainly reminiscent of cat scratches! We're so glad you loved this book, and hope you do share it with your class.
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