| 8” Bad Kitty Plush Doll with 40-page hardcover book
She wasn’t always a bad kitty . . . but when Kitty hears that none of her favorite foods are available and she’ll have to dine on Asparagus, Beets, and Cauliflower (among other things), she becomes a very Bad Kitty indeed. Nick Bruel’s books follow Bad Kitty on her hilarious romp through the alphabet as she goes from nice to naughty and back again.
Our doll is an Artful, Boisterous, Clever, and Delightful companion to Nick’s books. She is also cute and funny in her own right, ready to play or grace the shelf of anyone who loves a unique doll. Cool enough for preteens!
safe for all ages, perfect for ages 3 to 12
Annotation
When a kitty discovers there is no cat food in the house, she decides to become very, very bad.
Publishers Weekly
With the alphabet as his jumping off point, Bruel (Boing!) recounts just how far things can go awry when cats go bad. After Kitty discovers that the only food in the house consists of 26 kinds of vegetables (asparagus, beets, cauliflower and on through zucchini), her mood turns blacker than her scraggly fur coat. She unleashes her own alphabet of woe that will have youngsters howling with laughter (and cat owners young and old will understand that many of these scenarios do not require a total suspension of disbelief). Bruel chronicles the misbehavior by dividing the spreads into eight strips, each containing a kind of visual one-liner devoted to a single letter. "She... Quarreled with our neighbors," the author writes, as Kitty watches through the mail slot while a human holds a note that reads, "Meow Hiss Hiss...!" The furry protagonist even "Sold my toys" (Kitty seems to have appropriated her unseen owner's lemonade stand for this purpose). But when the humans restock the larder with cat-friendly food (rhino ravioli, shark sushi, etc.), the feline turns over a new leaf-in alphabetical fashion, of course. Even readers who've mastered their ABCs will laugh at Bruel's gleefully composed litanies and the can-you-top-this spirit that animates every page. Ages 4-8. (Oct.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. |
