The Cat and the Rat and the Hat

by Em Lynas, Matt Hunt (Illustrator)

Overview

A raucous, rhyming tale that will have children (and adults) in fits of laughter! Cat is sitting on his mat when Rat arrives wearing a very nice hat. Cat wants Rat’s hat and will stop at nothing to get it. But when Bat appears wearing a fancy cravat, well, what could be better than that? Chaos ensues as both Cat and Rat decide they must have Bat’s fancy cravat for themselves! This hilarious picture book is bursting with comic capers, slapstick antics, tongue-twisting text, and vibrant neon artwork.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536223101
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	11/30/2021
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 10.94(h) x 0.38(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Em Lynas is a children’s author with a love of silly poetry, magic, dragons, and folklore. She has also worked as a shelf stacker, a shoe salesperson, a schoolteacher, a mother, and an educational publisher. She lives by the seaside on the northeast coast of England with her husband, Geoff.

Matt Hunt is an illustrator whose work includes Would You Dare? by Min Flyte and The Pirates Are Coming! by John Condon. He loves to draw anything and everything and works in a variety of media, including paints, pens, crayons, and digital design. Matt Hunt lives in England with his wife and two cats.

Editorial Reviews

This charming rhyming book’s ridiculously humorous premise will appeal to children and adults alike. The colorful pictures are delightfully absurd and enhanced by clever textual design. . . makes for an ideal read-aloud.
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2021-08-18
A happy cat has a yellow mat where it likes to play, rest, and dream about fish.

The cat is content until it sees a rat wearing an enormous pink hat—and wants it. The cat chases the rat and, ultimately, takes the hat. But the rat is not willing to give up so easily. What ensues is a true game of cat and mouse, with the rat and the cat chasing each other and vying for ownership of the precious, gigantic pink hat. Things get even more complicated when the dueling pair is noticed by a bat—who happens to be wearing a fancy cravat. Then the bat decides that it, too, wants the hat, and the cat and the rat lose interest in the hat and instead decide that they want the bat’s fancy cravat. The chase is on as each animal tries to get a hold of the item of clothing it desires, all the while trying to outsmart its peers. This charming rhyming book’s ridiculously humorous premise will appeal to children and adults alike. The colorful pictures are delightfully absurd and enhanced by clever textual design. (Most notably, when the bat speaks, its words appear upside down.) Lynas turns the primer-level language into a deliciously clever, rhythmic text; paired with the vibrant illustrations it makes for an ideal read-aloud. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A delightfully silly rhyming picture book about cats, rats, bats, and high fashion. (Picture book. 2-6)

Kirkus Reviews