In this hilarious and clever follow-up to How to Give Your Cat a Bath, a boy, a dog and a know-it-all narrator are thwarted by a cat who refuses to learn a trick. The perfect read-aloud for fans of Interrupting Chicken.
Step one: Decide on a trick Step two: Get some treats ready Step three: Hold the treat in your hand and ask your cat to do the trick Step four: Watch your cat do exactly what you asked him to do Step five: Reward your cat for doing the trick
Simple, right?
This spoof on an instruction manual features an increasingly bewildered human, a nonchalant cat, a very good dog and a know-it-all narrator . . . who really doesn't know it all. How DO you teach a cat a trick? Read on to find out!
SHORTLIST
| 2023 The Joan Betty Stuchner - Oy Vey! - Funniest Children's Book Award
"[A]n air of classic Sunday comics. . . . Droll humor at its best for both dog and cat lovers." —Kirkus Reviews
"[A] funny, sweet story that highlights what all cat owners know: cats will do what they want, when they want." —CM Reviews
"“[T]his book will have you and your little ones laughing out loud. Zoe Si’s illustrations are perfectly simple, expressing emotion in the little boy, his frisky cat, and helpful dog. A must read for cat lovers!" —Quebec Library Association
NICOLA WINSTANLEY has always believed in the power of stories to bring comfort. She is the author of The Pirate's Bed, A Bedtime Yarn, Cinnamon Baby, which won an honor prize for the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award and was shortlisted for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and How to Give Your Cat a Bath, which was a finalist for the Govenor General's Literary Award. Nicola lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with her family, a huge cat, and a tiny dog.
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ZOE SI is a cartoonist and illustrator living in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. She has a lifelong passion for laughing at her own jokes and is always looking for new ways to tell stories with her art. Zoe holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of British Columbia and practiced law for a number of years. She now spends her days making children’s books, cartooning and writing for The New Yorker, freelance illustrating, and drawing comics of everything in sight.
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In this hilarious and clever follow-up to How to Give Your Cat a Bath, a boy, a dog and a know-it-all narrator are thwarted by a cat who refuses to learn a trick. The perfect read-aloud for fans of Interrupting Chicken.
Step one: Decide on a trick Step two: Get some treats ready Step three: Hold the treat in your hand and ask your cat to do the trick Step four: Watch your cat do exactly what you asked him to do Step five: Reward your cat for doing the trick
Simple, right?
This spoof on an instruction manual features an increasingly bewildered human, a nonchalant cat, a very good dog and a know-it-all narrator . . . who really doesn't know it all. How DO you teach a cat a trick? Read on to find out!
Awards
SHORTLIST
| 2023 The Joan Betty Stuchner - Oy Vey! - Funniest Children's Book Award
Praise
"[A]n air of classic Sunday comics. . . . Droll humor at its best for both dog and cat lovers." —Kirkus Reviews
"[A] funny, sweet story that highlights what all cat owners know: cats will do what they want, when they want." —CM Reviews
"“[T]his book will have you and your little ones laughing out loud. Zoe Si’s illustrations are perfectly simple, expressing emotion in the little boy, his frisky cat, and helpful dog. A must read for cat lovers!" —Quebec Library Association
Author
NICOLA WINSTANLEY has always believed in the power of stories to bring comfort. She is the author of The Pirate's Bed, A Bedtime Yarn, Cinnamon Baby, which won an honor prize for the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award and was shortlisted for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and How to Give Your Cat a Bath, which was a finalist for the Govenor General's Literary Award. Nicola lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with her family, a huge cat, and a tiny dog.
View titles by Nicola Winstanley
ZOE SI is a cartoonist and illustrator living in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. She has a lifelong passion for laughing at her own jokes and is always looking for new ways to tell stories with her art. Zoe holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of British Columbia and practiced law for a number of years. She now spends her days making children’s books, cartooning and writing for The New Yorker, freelance illustrating, and drawing comics of everything in sight.
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