Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes [Hardcover]

James Dean (Illustrator), Eric Litwin (Author)

Book Description

Release date: July 26, 2011 | Age Range: 4 - 8 years | Series: Pete the Cat | Lexile Measure: 600L (What's this?)

Pete the Cat is back—and this time he’s rocking in his school shoes. Pete discovers the library, the lunchroom, the playground, and lots of other cool places at school. And no matter where he goes, Pete never stops moving and grooving and singing his song . . . because it’s all good.

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About the Author

Eric Litwinis a guitar-strumming, song-singing, banjo-picking, tale-telling, song-writing, national-award-winning, music-producing, fun, folksy type of guy. He loves to blend song and story together and is inspired by the depth and simplicity of folk songs and folktales. Eric is a popular performer, delighting thousands of children and families every year. He has recorded two award-winning children's music CDs.

James Dean's art has been sold in more than ninety galleries and shops across the United States. He has devoted his paintings to Pete the Cat for ten years and has turned his natural love for cats into his life's work. James published his first adult book, The Misadventures of Pete the Cat, a history of his artwork, in 2006. He illustrated his first self-published children's book, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, in 2008, and the follow-up book, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes, in 2011. James lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, four cats, and one dog.

Product Details

• Age Range: 4 - 8 years
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (July 26, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061910244
• ISBN-13: 978-0061910241
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.4 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (112 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #15 in Books > Children's Books > Social Situations > Self-Esteem & Self-Respect
  • #21 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Cats
  • #30 in Books > Children's Books > Social Situations > School

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Pete the Cat ROCKS! August 26, 2011

By Judy K. Polhemus TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Hardcover

Last school year I introduced our K-4 class to Pete the Cat Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes. Those children LOVED that blue cat soooo much that they clamored for Pete three weeks in a row. In fact, when they insisted on the fourth time, I had to just say no and read another book. Imagine my total happiness when I found "Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes."

So, were the children happy to see a new book about Pete during their first visit to the library for the new school year? Goodness No! They clamored for "Pete the Cat" again. I read it once then again by demand. I thought, "Well. They don't want the new Pete." But I was wrong.

When they arrived in the library for their second visit of the new school year, they said, "Read 'Pete the Cat' again!" I responded: "What about the new book?" "Yes," they clamored. They immediately picked up the new words and began singing right along: "I'm rocking in my school shoes. I'm rocking in my school shoes."

And: "I'm eating in my school shoes. I'm eating in my school shoes." And: "I'm reading in my school shoes...." Where? "In the Library!" Oh, what a rocking cat! What a rocking book! Erick Litwin and James Dean, you guys have made so many children so happy with your cool Pete and his little yellow bird friend and, of course, those most excellent shoes.

I think that's all I need to say, but I will add that the illustrations are lively, bold, joyous, and inviting. Pete the Cat is a wildly popular book character, who now lives, I might add, in our library. He sits atop my reading chair, waiting to play with all boys and girls. He might even toss in a "I'm rocking in my school shoes!" Eric Litwin 14.5" Pete the Cat Plush Doll Toy

ADDENDUM: You know that wildly popular video website? YOU know? Well, I found the animation of Pete the Cat, an official video offered by the book's publisher. Here's what I did. I booked the computer room. When kindergarten came in (this is the same class which is subject in my review), I asked them to pick up the area rugs (about six, with each student holding on to one or another). We carried them down to the computer room, laid them out in this open space in front of the screen, and I told them to wait. They did, quietly, patiently. I loaded the video clip from, YOU know, that website. When they saw the book cover on the screen, they whooped and started singing: "I'm dancing in my new shoes...." Then I started the clip. Those children sang every word of the song and much of the words of the story with ol' Pete.

Then I opened another video clip. This one was Pete the Dancing Cat. Someone had taken Pete and moved him around, dancing with arm movements, leg movements, whole body. It is hilarious and so clever and cute!! But wait! When these kids saw that Pete was dancing, they immediately, as one body, popped up and began dancing with him. Oh, how I wish I had had a video camera that day. They were hilarious! Oh, what a great day! What a very excellent book is "Pete the Cat"!!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It's All Good . . . July 27, 2011

By Rebecca Sheridan

Format:Hardcover

Pete the Cat has returned and this time he is wearing his school shoes! Litwin and Dean have created another super stellar story of Pete in school. Pete goes through his school day having experiences that all school children can relate to while singing and dancing and rockin' and groovin'. Make sure you download the music that accompanies the book and you, too, will be singing and dancing along with Pete! If you haven't read Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, be sure to purchase that book too!

Becky Sheridan
Youth Services Librarian
Easttown Library & Information Center
Berwyn, PA

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Pete ROCKS! August 20, 2011

By trishthedish65

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is a new Pete the cat! We see him going to school! We are treated to a school tour and all the things Pete will do at school in his "school shoes"! Children will enjoy Pete's school adventure, because, "It's all GOOD!"