Scratchie: A Touch-and-Feel Cat-Venture

by Maria Putri, Maria Putri (Illustrator)

Overview

A Parents Best Kids Book of 2019!

Sharpen your claws—and scratching skills—with this adorable touch-and-feel book about a cat who loves to scratch everything...and wants you to join the fun!

Hi there, human!
I’m Scratchie the Cat
and I like to scratch stuff
to keep my claws super sharp.

Let’s scratch things together!

Join Scratchie the Cat to scratch touch-and-feel elements throughout this story. Rough door mats, grainy wooden tables, paper towels, cardboard boxes, and more give readers a claws-on experience as they innocently wreck Scratchie’s owner’s house (just like real cats)!

With touch-and-feel elements on every page, Scratchie even has the perfect ending, because there’s one more thing that loves to be scratched...Scratchie the Cat!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534437654
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	05/14/2019
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Maria Putri is an illustrator born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is passionate about colorful storytelling featuring charming characters, as well as crafting knick knacks and designing toys. Her love for animals is what inspired her to write Scratchie, her very first book, starring a cuddly yet mischievous black cat.

Maria Putri is an illustrator born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is passionate about colorful storytelling featuring charming characters, as well as crafting knick knacks and designing toys. Her love for animals is what inspired her to write Scratchie, her very first book, starring a cuddly yet mischievous black cat.

Editorial Reviews

2019-04-10
Help Scratchie the cat sharpen their claws using a variety of textured surfaces.

While this board book might seem in the same vein as Pat the Bunny, this cat takes it to a new, slightly subversive level. Mischievous Scratchie, a charcoal-colored feline, likes nothing more than to "scratch stuff to keep my claws super sharp," and as the deadpan narrator, Scratchie actively invites human readers along to "scratch things together!" With a determined expression, glowing golden eyes, and a body often posed in unusual angles, Scratchie isn't an especially adorable cat. Yet kids will empathize with Scratchie's intense desire to seek out new and novel experiences and textures. The touch-and-feel surfaces are nicely variable, including "rough paper towel" (oddly, rather soft fabric), a raised shiny silver pot, and corrugated cardboard pieces. The tactile elements are constructed well enough to stand up to little hands. The ending, in which a startled human enters the now-trashed kitchen and an unrepentant Scratchie wonders what "we should scratch tomorrow," will serve as a sort of Rorschach test. For those familiar with the chaos cats can bring, this riotous ending might bring giggles, but it could leave more order-seeking toddlers unsettled. Everyone will leave satisfied by the very last page, though, as Scratchie invites readers to touch one final pleasant texture—Scratchie's own luxurious fur.

A purr-fectly good touch-and-feel book. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews