Los Gatos Y El Pastel - (¡me Gusta Leer!) by Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss (Paperback)

About the Book

Two cats fight over a cake, but ultimately learn the value of sharing.

Book Synopsis

Two cats. One cake. Who will get to enjoy the tasty dessert? A fun, simple story with a universal lesson, now available in Spanish!

This is mine!
No, this is mine!

When a cake falls off a cart at the bakery, two cats claim it. A clever fox offers to help them share, but bit by bit eats the cake all up himself! With easy-to-read Spanish-language dialogue and cheerful art, Los gatos y el pastel will have children laughing and reading at the same time.

¡Me gusta leer!(R) provides emerging Spanish language readers with translations of popular I Like to Read(R) books. The award-winning I Like to Read(R) series focuses on books for kindergarten through first grade. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors--create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own!

About the Author

Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss are acclaimed storytellers who have won an Irma Simonton Black Honor Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, several Storytelling World Awards, and an Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award. With Tedd Arnold, they are co-authors of the 2018 Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor Book Noodleheads See the Future.

Steve Henry is the author and illustrator of Here Is Big Bunny, Cat Got a Lot, and Happy Cat, which received a Kirkus star. Other work includes editorial illustration, ceramic tiles, and a series of bird puppets that have been sold in the Museum of Modern Art Design Store. His work is influenced by fine artists such as Matisse and Miró and illustrators such as Hillary Knight and Ludwig Bemelmans. Steve co-teaches Creating the Picture Book at Pratt Institute.