Max Attacks - by Kathi Appelt (Hardcover)

About the Book

Fish and birds and lizards and socksEis there anything Max the cat won't attack? Find out in this clever, rhyming picture book about a very naughty kitty cat. Full color.x 10.

Book Synopsis

Fish and birds and lizards and socks...is there anything Max won't attack? Watch your ankles and find out in this clever, rhyming picture book about a very naughty kitty cat.

Max is a cat. He attacks. From socks to strings to many a fish, attacking, for Max, is most de-lish. But how many of these things can he actually catch? Well, let's just say it's no even match.

Review Quotes

"No doubt about it: Readers will be mad about Max."

*"A perfect read-aloud."--Booklist, starred review

"Max is sure to be a hit."--School Library Journal

Appelt writes with catlike flexibility and bounce--Publishers Weekly

A paean to the pleasures of having a cat companion, this catalog of Max's actions should win plenty of accolades: Max, a million; readers a million-plus.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

About the Author

Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honoree, National Book Award finalist, and bestselling The Underneath as well as the National Book Award finalist The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, Maybe a Fox (with Alison McGhee), Keeper, and many picture books including Counting Crows and Max Attacks. She has two grown children and lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband. Visit her at KathiAppelt.com.

Penelope Dullaghan is an award-winning artist with an attack-happy cat of her own. The main difference is that Rainy, her cat, is dark gray instead of blue. Penelope and Rainy share many favorite hobbies, including watching activity at the bird feeder, collecting interesting bugs, and outstretched snoozing in sunbeams. Max Attacks is Penelope's debut picture book. Visit her at PenelopeDullaghan.com.