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What Cats Think - by John Spray (Hardcover)

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  • Cats take center stage for a colorful and whimsical celebration of feline personalities featuring the eye-popping illustrations of Mies van Hout What do cats think when they get caught in the rain, or when a bird is just out of reach?
  • 4-8 Years
  • 11.8" x 10.2" Hardcover
  • 44 Pages
  • Juvenile Fiction, Animals

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"What do cats think when they get caught in the rain, or when a bird is just out of reach? If they could tell us, their voices would be full of charisma and attitude ... Free verse from author John Spray pairs ... with the ... art of ... illustrator Mies van Hout in this ... tribute to cats"--Publisher marketing.



Book Synopsis



Cats take center stage for a colorful and whimsical celebration of feline personalities featuring the eye-popping illustrations of Mies van Hout

What do cats think when they get caught in the rain, or when a bird is just out of reach? If they could tell us, their voices would be full of charisma and attitude.

Cats have been our companions for thousands of years. From the sandy roads of Ancient Egypt to the shopping bag left on the kitchen counter, felines have always embraced their curiosity.

With a lot of history comes a lot of personality. Charming, capricious free verse from author John Spray pairs brilliantly with the striking art of celebrated illustrator Mies van Hout in this delightful tribute to cats.



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"This book perfectly encapsulates everything that is elegant and enigmatic, sinister and sassy in feline behavior....These verses will work well when teaching children that poetry comes in many forms, not just rhyming couplets....The rhythmic text and dynamic art will delight all readers, but cat lovers will take extra pleasure in the quintessentially feline traits celebrated in this book."--School Library Journal

"Are cats capable of poetry? They are in this volume...Color pours off each page in van Hout's vibrant, bold illustrations--a mix of acrylic ink, oil pastels, and gouache. Her felines expressively embody Spray's emphatic free verse, which authentically gives voice to cats' changeable emotions."--Publishers Weekly

"Evocative, whimsical art portrays a wide array of cats exhibiting various activities, behaviors, and moods, and in lively free-verse poems, they individually explain the motivations behind them....van Hout's art takes center stage in this imaginative picture book feline aficionados especially will enjoy."--Booklist

"Rating: E...Fun to say words and phrases (slobbery, slathering kitty-eaters describe dogs) and bright large drawings of cats will make the verses appealing to young listeners."--Resource Links

"[A] delightful tribute to domestic felines....Readers need not be cat lovers to thoroughly enjoy this book. What Cats Think is fun, imaginative and loaded with personality! Highly Recommended."--CM Magazine

"Colorful, expressive pictures of cats are accompanied by brief text."--Kirkus Reviews

"With What Cats Think, Mies van Hout and John Spray have given us the context for cats' looks and sounds that will remind us of the depth of feline reasoning and expression. It's not surprising to many that cats have been celebrated and worshipped throughout history and it's best we not forget this."--CanLit for LittleCanadians

"There is much to pore over in What Cats Think and I enjoy that it doesn't necessarily have a linear direction to it: that means that whether a reader is absorbed by the artwork, or particular cats, or particular poems- Spray's poems are whimsical and should be hugely appealing to younger and older readers!- or whether a reader wishes to enjoy the picture book beginning to end, the story simply works."--Fab Book Reviews

"[Mies van Hout's] wonderful, warm and witty mixed media artwork bless the pages of this fascinating book....John Spray's free verse text celebrates the cats presented. Each turn offers a double page spread with featured feline accompanied by tremendous variety in tone and temperament....You don't have to love cats to love this book. It's a charmer!"--Sal's Fiction Addiction

"What a great way to have kids both explore their own emotions and relate to animals in their lives."--Canadian Bookworm


Dimensions (Overall): 11.8 Inches (H) x 10.2 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 4-8 Years
Number of Pages: 44
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Sub-Genre: Animals
Publisher: Pajama Press
Theme: Cats
Format: Hardcover
Author: John Spray
Language: English
Street Date: October 29, 2019
TCIN: 82952151
UPC: 9781772780871
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-8665
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.4 inches length x 10.2 inches width x 11.8 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.3 pounds
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