When did you last play with cats … inside a book?! The cats in this book want to have fun, and by turning the pages and flipping the flaps you can play their favourite games with them! Tiny, Moonpie and André love wool to tangle with, cardboard boxes to hide in, pillow fights … and fish! But where there are fish, there is also water – lots of it. So who’s going to rescue the cats from the giant floodwave? You are, of course!
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"* "The great thing about this is that it is more than a one-joke story and works on several different levels... It is a very clever book - and enormous fun." The Guardian on The Adventures of a Nose (0744594642)"
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By ellenvannin
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a fabulous little book. If you've ever owned a cat, and/or spent time looking at LOLCats, you'll identify with every game the three felines in the book invite you into. Lots of flaps to lift and opportunities to interact with the story. It's not a pop-up book as such, but uses a bit of paper engineering to make it just a little out of the ordinary. It should be robust enough for careful little hands. Bright colours and not too many words make it fun for littler ones. Though I'll be reading it to my baby, it probably is better for toddlers - the language is all about the action - ie no rhymes, but I think the surprise element of the flaps will probably entertain very small children.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By A. Higson
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I totally disagree with the lowest review. I've just purchased this book on the recommendation of The Times and my two children love it. My 11 month old is just starting to have a night time read and it's her favourite. There are many flaps to open and pull out- a ball of wool, boxes to open, cats to meet- she is entertained and enjoys the bold colours of the pictures. The point of the book is that there isn't a strong narrative and children are instructed to turn pages and say good night to the cats, so this is an interesting change to most books for young children. I mostly make up an alternative story alongside the text.
My two year old, who is read her story by her dad at the same time, often demands to read this book after her sister has finished.
Overall, this is colourful, engaging and is on a subject that all toddlers love- cats!
My two year old, who is read her story by her dad at the same time, often demands to read this book after her sister has finished.
Overall, this is colourful, engaging and is on a subject that all toddlers love- cats!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Just amazing. Its a proper interactive journey. A very playful book that had me in stiches. My four year old daughter also enjoyed it. Well worth stepping of the beaten track for and I'm not even much of a fan of real cats.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Sarah B
Format:Hardcover
This book is brilliant! We recently borrowed it from the library and our (almost) 4 year old and I enjoy it so much I'm going to buy it. She loves books, but this one might also be great for introducing to children who haven't shown much interest in them. Its fun, irreverent and a bit different, and it challenges your perceptions of what a book is for and how to use it. To get the best out of it you'll need to read it with lots of expression and maybe some funny cat voices! The cleverest thing about it is the way it invites the child into the cat's play ("we knew you were nice!") It's just lovely!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By G. Parker
Format:Hardcover
I work in a public library, and have used this book many times for story sessions with great success. Children from 3-8 enjoy taking part in turning the page to help the cats through their day.
The illustrations may seem dull at first, but the children soon become engaged with the cats and fully involved with the book. Somewhere on the internet there is a knitting pattern for Andre, Moonpie and Tiny finger puppets.
The illustrations may seem dull at first, but the children soon become engaged with the cats and fully involved with the book. Somewhere on the internet there is a knitting pattern for Andre, Moonpie and Tiny finger puppets.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By J. Green
Format:Hardcover
This isn't your usual story book. It really invites the children to interact and take control. I agree that it isn't narrative heavy, but it has both of my children (4 year old boy and 17 month old girl) in absolute stiches when read with voices and noise effects. Encouraging a general love of reading and books is just as important as learning the actual literary skills themselves - and with this in mind, I would wholeheartedly recommend this book. Very creative and fun.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is brilliant! I saw it in the library and on reading it to my then three month old baby fell in love with it and ordered it straight away. Three months on and both myself and my husband can recite every word in our sleep! This is because our 6 month old son LOVES this book so much we read it to him several times each day (often straight away after we have read it once!) It is cheeky, interactive and fun. He's attracted to the bright colours, and he especially loves the pages that he can grab (ie the wool, the pillow) We're a family of cat lovers and we have two cats, but I suspect he loves this book more than our real cats. And I think it's a great concept for a book as it encourages the very young to turn pages to see what is on the next page. I would say you won't be disappointed with this book!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Very "hands on" for babies, lots of participation and bright coloured illustrations. My eight month old son loves it!
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Cute gimmick
Lovely interactive book. My 1yr old loved it and still does at 2 1/2. She happily follows the directions and interacts with the cats as if they are real!
Published 1 month ago by Viki Pepper
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Great Book
My one year old loved this book, he is 14 months now and this book has been a favourite for a while.
Published 2 months ago by RobJ
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Excellent read (my 18 month old daughter says!)
A Very good book and a pleasant read to share with my daughter. She has a good collection of books and picks out her favourites - and this is certainly one of them:... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Blue Forever
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Unusual and quirky
One of our 2.5 year old's firm favourites. The book encourages interaction and really draws the reader in. He still loves to blow on the cats to dry their fur!
Published 12 months ago by Bookworm
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I like cats.
I'm an 18 year old sixth-form student, shortly going on to uni, and I absolutely adore this book. Enough said.
Published 15 months ago by beccad
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Re-read many many times
My children 3 and 18 months had this book from the library and loved it. Eventually after renewing several times I snuck it back... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Elohim
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Wonderful book!
I bought this book for my two daughters aged 5 & 8 years and they absolutely love it!! It is great fun and they really interact with it! Read more
Published on 5 May 2011 by Lisa Edworthy
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Funny Inviting book
My daughter chose this book at the Library and now it's time to take it back i'm buying it on amazon. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2011 by Ms. N. Perkins
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a gift from Grandma
This was a present for my grandson, who is 5, he loves my cat but has none of his own, he loves the book.
Published on 3 Mar 2011 by Mrs. G. M. Mccullough
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Fab pre-school book!
This is such a great book for pre-schoolers that I have bought several copies as presents for young relatives. They have all loved it, and so have their mums and dads. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2011 by amp
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