Cat

by Matthew Van Fleet, Brian Stanton (Photographer)

Overview

From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.

Purrrrrfect fun for toddlers!

In Matthew Van Fleet's captivating multiconcept book, watch twenty-two breeds of frolicking felines demonstrate synonyms, action words, opposites, and more. Cleverly designed pull tabs and flaps plus seven pettable textures and a push-button squeaker offer interactive treats that will have toddlers purring along from start to surprising finish. Meow...meow...meow...WOW!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416978008
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Publication date:	02/10/2009
Pages:	20
Sales rank:	75,832
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.70(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Matthew Van Fleet’s innovative books have been introducing children to basic concepts for more than twenty years. His uniquely designed board books invite toddlers to touch, press, pull, lift, and even sniff as they explore colors, shapes, numbers, letters, opposites, and more. His New York Times bestselling titles include Cat, Heads, Alphabet, and Moo, as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Tails and Dog. His books have sold more than eight million copies and have been translated around the world. He lives with his family in New York. Visit him online at VanFleetBooks.com.

Brian Stanton is a New York based commercial photographer who shoots advertising, corporate, and editorial assignments. His clients include The Independent Film Channel, NBC, Bravo Networks, Lincoln Center, Panasonic, and Novartis. Brian’s work can be viewed at BrianStantonPhoto.com.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a perfect interactive book for the youngest animal lover in your family. Little hands will enjoy lifting the flaps, poking the squeaker, pulling the tabs, and fingering the fabric feline tails...The excellent quality of the photographs makes this book suitable for a coffee table as well as a toddler."— Connie Goldsmith, CALIFORNIA KIDS! Family Fun Guide

From the Publisher

Matthew Van Fleet's interactive Cat stimulates the senses and awakens young minds. This adorable picture book introduces no fewer than 23 feline breeds to young cat fanciers, using pull-tabs, petable textures, and other surprises to delight them again and again. A perfect accompaniment for pint-sized cat lovers.

Created in the style of 2007's Dog, this compact photographic book showcases as many varieties of cats as it does interactive components. Tabs enable playful motion: on the cover, a gray cat dips his paw into a fish bowl; inside, a Bengal swats at a ball of yarn and a "swishing slinky cat tail" twitches. Other cats are pictured next to descriptive titles: a fluffy "aristocat" sits on a tuffet while a "nice cat" dozes next to a parrot. A "scraggly cat" features a furry cutout, while a hairless, "scary cat" (a Sphynx) lives up to its moniker. The final panels offer portraits of the cast of characters, with their names and breeds. The lively diversity of felines makes this as appropriate on a coffee table as in a playroom. Ages 2-up. (Feb.)

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Publishers Weekly

PreS

Van Fleet follows up the popular Tails (Harcourt, 2003) and Dog (S & S, 2007) with this interactive novelty book aimed at toddlers but photographed for cat lovers. Stanton has captured an impressive array of expressions on his subjects: a cheeky Himalayan sticking out its tongue, a regally bored Bengal, a gentle Kurilian Bobtail asleep beside a parrot. The text consists of simple rhymes designed to describe different types of cats and what they do. Sue Stainton's I Love Cats (Harper Collins, 2007) and Patricia Hubbell's I Like Cats (North-South, 2003) are just a couple of similar titles that come to mind. The inclusion of furry tails to pat, flaps to lift, and tabs to pull is designed to engage young readers, although it will probably just lead to damaged books. The photographs are engaging enough and should continue to hold attention after the novelty wears off. Buy where the other Van Fleet titles are popular.-Kara Schaff Dean, Walpole Public Library, MA

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