Where's That Cat? [Hardcover]

Eve Merriam (Author), Pam Pollac (Author), Joanna Harrison (Illustrator)

Book Description

Jitterbugs, Jitterbugs
jumps to the floor.
Under the table --
tap tap tap!
Out of sight, now
where's that cat?

Jitterbugs
travels through
the neighborhood,
always just out of
reach. There he goes!

Can you guess where
Jitterbugs is going?
Can you catch him
before he
disappears?

Look! There
he is..!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Completed by Merriam's (Ten Rosy Roses) editor Pollack after Merriam's death, this bouncy picture book finds a feline leading her young owner on a merry chase. "Jitterbugs, Jitterbugs glides out the door,/ onto the roadAhe's far away,/ looking for a place to play." The rhyming text follows the escapades of cat and girl and pulls readers along by the momentum of the chase as well as a series of riddles as to the pet's whereabouts. "What's white and runs along the grass?" is answered by a turn of the page: "Jitterbugs, Jitterbugs climbs up the fence." The closing lines bring readers back to the beginning: "Where's the very best place you can be?" The answer: "Back home," where there are "hugs to share" and "purring, purring everywhere." Harrison's uncluttered, crisp watercolors generate a sense of activity by alternating cropped panels with larger views as the two venture into the wide world. She also extends the guessing game with visual cluesAa glimpse of a tail or a pair of pawsAthat help solve the riddles. Ages 3-7. (Oct.)
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From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1-Jitterbugs is a cat on the move. He sneaks out of the house and leads a little girl on a merry chase around town before coming home to settle in his favorite spot, her lap. A series of riddles is incorporated into the rhyming text, which was completed by Pollack after Merriam's death. While the visual clues are clearly depicted, the answers, which do not rhyme, are sometimes tricky to guess. For example, "Besides the grass so soft and sweet,/what's hard and dry beneath our feet?" Readers may well expect the answer to be "street," rather than "Jitterbugs, Jitterbugs runs down the road." Harrison's watercolors are sweet but not cloying. The layout, often with several illustrations in boxes on one page, makes this title best suited to individual reading and one-on-one sharing. For a more satisfying guessing game, stick with Deborah Guarino's Is Your Mama a Llama? (Scholastic, 1989).
Ann Cook, formerly at Winter Park Public Library, FL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry; 1st edition (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689829043
• ISBN-13: 978-0689829048
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,417,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Story Book!, October 23, 2011

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This review is from: Where's That Cat? (Hardcover)

This is a delightful little book about a little girl and her adventurous kitty. The illustrations are darling and so appealing. An extra fun bonus that makes reading the story so delightful is the way the author stretches out special action words with wonderful different type sets, perfect for each word. When you read the book, you'll see what I mean. We love reading and re-reading this book.