There Are No Cats in This Book

by Viviane Schwarz

Overview

The interactive cats are back, but not for long! They’re eager to go off to see the world. So will someone please help them get out of the book?

Our lovable feline friends Tiny, Moonpie, and Andre have returned, and this time they’re filled with the spirit of adventure: they want to go off to explore the world! They have their suitcases packed and are ready to set out, but can’t get out of the book. They try pushing their way out and jumping their way out, but nothing seems to work. Finally, they get a brilliant idea: they decide to wish themselves out! But they’re going to need help. Will it work? Are you missing them yet?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781406331028
Publisher:	Walker & Company
Publication date:	06/28/2011
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Viviane Schwarz is the author-illustrator of THERE ARE CATS IN THIS BOOK as well as SHARK AND LOBSTER'S UNDERSEA ADVENTURE. She grew up in Germany and now lives in London.

Editorial Reviews

Schwarz's follow-up to the well-received, interactive There Are Cats in this Book (2008) falls short of the mark. Tiny, Moonpie and André are back, but from the get-go, they're packed and itching to escape the narrative's confines to "see the world." They try pushing, jumping and wishing themselves out, with corresponding interactive pages that fold out, pop up and invite readers—addressed throughout—to help wish the feline trio "out into the world." Three ensuing double-page spreads—nearly a quarter of the volume—depict, against dingy white space, respectively: pale spangles of dematerializing-cat-shaped stars, a small, attached postcard to the reader and a word-bubble: "Meow." That alluring world appears only as a brick-walled alley on the postcard. The slight story arc and all those nearly-blank spreads undercut the momentum—a shame, given the illustrator's vibrant way with brush and ink. The final two spreads deliver a passelof cats into the mix—"They all wanted to meet you!"—but it's too little, too late for readers, who are much easier to spring from books than cats. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews