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Paperback32 pages
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Harpercollins PublishersPublication date
4th August 2008ISBN
9780007284542Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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Splat The Cat
Rob Scotton
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RRP: £5.99 Saving £1.50 (25%)The Lovereading comment:
This is a charming, clever and often hilarious story dealing with overcoming those awful fears of that terrible saga, the first day of school. Splat is cat who is nervous about his first day in cat class. So nervous in fact that he takes his mouse friend Seymour with him his lunch box. When the lunch box opens at school, chaos ensues! Very witty and combined with fantastic funny furry drawings, this book is bound to raise a Cheshire grin or two.
Synopsis
Meet Splat the Cat! An irresistible new character from Rob Scotton, bestselling creator of Russell the Sheep It's Splat the Cat's first day of school and he's worried. What if he doesn't make any new friends? Just in case, Splat decides to bring along his pet mouse, Seymour, and hides him in his lunch box. The teacher, Mrs Wimpydimple, introduces Splat to the class and he soon starts learning all his important cat lessons. But when Seymour escapes and the cats do what cats do (they chase mice!), Splat's worried again. Maybe now he'll lose all his friends, old and new! Just in time, wise Mrs Wimpydimple takes charge and teaches everyone an important new lesson...Maybe Cat School is going to be ok after all!
Reviews
Praise for 'Russell the Sheep': 'Russell the Sheep is completely engaging and bound to become a star of the future.The Bookseller
'This is the delicious tale of a sheep who can't sleep.'
Daily Express
About The Author
Rob Scotton is one of Great Britain's leading illustrators. His work can be found on greeting cards, ceramics, textiles, prints, stationery, and glassware. An honours graduate of Leicester Polytechnic, Rob now lives in Rutland, England, with his wife, Liz, who is also an artist.
Rob had only to look out of his studio window to find the inspiration for Russell. The rolling countryside surrounding his home is brimming with sheep, other wildlife, sheep, rural beauty, and more sheep. russell the sheep is his first picture book.
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