What's Your Sound, Hound the Hound? (Cat the Cat Series)

by Mo Willems, Mo Willems (Illustrator)

Overview

Join spunky Cat the Cat as she introduces the very youngest readers to her world, where a surprise is waiting in every book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061728440
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/27/2010
Series:	Cat the Cat Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Mo Willems is all about letting imaginations run wild. He is the beloved artist and author behind #1 NYT bestselling and Caldecott Honors–awarded picture books like Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and the Knuffle Bunny series as well as his celebrated Elephant & Piggie early reader series. In addition to his Caldecott Honors, he garnered six Emmy Awards for his writing on Sesame Street, where he began his remarkable career. In 2023, Mo cofounded the Hidden Pigeon Company to extend the reach of his beloved characters and stories across multiple platforms. Mo Willems is a former child.

Mo Willems is all about letting imaginations run wild. He is the beloved artist and author behind #1 NYT bestselling and Caldecott Honors–awarded picture books like Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and the Knuffle Bunny series as well as his celebrated Elephant & Piggie early reader series. In addition to his Caldecott Honors, he garnered six Emmy Awards for his writing on Sesame Street, where he began his remarkable career. In 2023, Mo cofounded the Hidden Pigeon Company to extend the reach of his beloved characters and stories across multiple platforms. Mo Willems is a former child.

Editorial Reviews

Willems's third Cat the Cat book might be the best one yet. Playing on children's fondness for making animal sounds, Cat the Cat asks Hound the Hound, Chick the Chick and Cow the Cow what their respective sounds are. Children will delight in offering up woofs, peeps and mooos in response and will likely be tickled by Bunny the Bunny's baffled expression when asked for his sound. What does a bunny say, after all? The restrained, satisfying conclusion never answers this question. Instead, with an inspired page turn true to the author's genius for pacing, the recto page reads, "Sounds like . . . " leading to the next page opening's resolution, "somebody needs a hug!" A group hug illustrates this text, and then a wordless picture on the copyright page shows all of the characters sitting down to a picnic of milk, dog biscuits, tea and fruit. Vibrantly colored digital art delivers the clean, animation-like style that fans expect while packing a lot of narrative and expressive punch. This book is the cat's meow. (Picture book/early reader. 0-7)

Kirkus Reviews