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Shelagh Duffett

CATalphabet!: Alphabet with Cats Paperback – January 1, 1766

by Mills Jonathan (Author), Shelagh Duffett (Author, Illustrator)

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Collectors of Shelagh Duffett's cats have been waiting for this book! Her first full colour children's book. An ABC Cat Picture Book/Bedtime story, about learning the alphabet with 26 full colour brilliant illustrations, Ages 2-65

The text is whimsical, witty and wonderful! Jonathan Mills is a wordsmith with wild whacky talent :)

We've lost count of all the wonderful cats between the pages of CATalphabet! Both children and adults will enjoy this colourful romp through the alphabet with their favourite catty characters. Just the right length for bedtime and lots of learning opportunities tucked inside.

Some people will purchase this book because they love cats and this is a delightful collection of of feline antics....

Shelagh Duffett's art is vivid and fun. The verse is simple and clever. This is a book you will enjoy reading with your child and they can have fun with on their own. 5 STARS!

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English
Publisher

Broomhill Books
Publication date

January 1, 1766
Dimensions

8 x 0.08 x 8 inches
ISBN-10

0995331200
ISBN-13

978-0995331204
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We've lost count of all the wonderful cats between the pages ofCATalphabet! Both children and adults will enjoy this colourful rompthrough the alphabet with their favourite catty characters. Just theright length for bedtime and lots of learning opportunities tuckedinside.

About the Author

Artist Shelagh Duffett was born in Britain and at the tender age of one immigrated to Canada. She now lives in Nova Scotia and happily paints the world as she sees it. Her colourful art can be found all over the globe!You can find more of her work here: shelaghduffett.com

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Broomhill Books (January 1, 1766)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0995331200
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0995331204
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.82 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.08 x 8 inches

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Shelagh was born in Britain and arrived in Canada as an infant. She now lives in salty Nova Scotia on the edge of the North American continent. She paints and writes and takes photographs and makes new friends and creates adventure whenever she can. Her paintings brighten the walls of homes all over the world! CATalphabet is her first children's book, co-authored with Johnathan Mills.

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KJ Carter

Great book for kids.

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2017

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I purchased copies for my two great nephews. One is learning the alphabet at preschool and is having lots of fun with all the names. The youngest is only 20 months but he loves books. His mom says he loves finding all the kitties as she is teaching him his colors while they read together. The pictures are so bright and cheery I just enjoy looking at all the pictures.

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Marg B.

Beautiful Art Work

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2018

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I love all things cat, and this book is no exception. I must be honest, I purchased this book for myself because I loved the artwork! It is brilliantly colorful, and absolutely charming. The rhyming verses on each page are also witty and amusing, so adults can enjoy the reading as well as children.

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2018

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This is a wonderful book! The verses with the alliteration are really fun to read and hear. But best of all are Shelagh Duffet's illustrations. They are so colourful and full of many different things to find. Every reading is as if it is the first time. Loads of fun!

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A. Goettsch

I have always loved the bright colors she uses in her art and ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2017

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I commissioned a painting by Shelagh Duffett and was so surprised when I found out it was in this book!! I had to have a copy. I have always loved the bright colors she uses in her art and they just pop in this book. The fun rhymes on each page are silly and cute. Easy for kids to read and fun too.

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Diane J. Robinson

Love CATalphabet!

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2017

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CATalphabet is a delightful book. The bright, energetic folk-art drawings accompanied by the clever, "alphabet" verses are a delight to look at and to read. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who delights in cats and in language. You won't be disappointed. It's a wonderful little book!! Well done to the author.

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John Sullivan

Sweet Cat Alphabet

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2017

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I did not realize art blogger Shelagh Duffet was a great poet too but am not surprised. Profoundly cute cat paintings all here for you! Also Canadian tourism.

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Patricia

Our Son LOVES This Book

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2019

This is a great book! It was purchased as a gift for my son when he was born, he is now 20 months and he continues to request it to be read to him multiple times a day. The unusual and creative text (with sentences using lots of words starting with the same letter) makes a nice break from more predictable children's books. My only wish is that some of the pictures depicted the text a bit more closely---for example the picture will sometimes just be of a cat sitting looking at the ocean while the sentence is a bit more exciting like "....often organize operas for oysters'. If you ever do a second edition, would love to see those oyster operas depicted! But it's still a great find and definitely worth seeking out.

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2017

This is not your usual "alphabet" book! It is creative, unique and both the verse and the art are colorful and bring each letter of the alphabet to life! It will be enjoyed by cat lovers both young and old! Buy one for yourself and one to giveaway!

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Jacqui Denomme

Perfect for children's storytime but delightful for all ages!

Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2018

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A few months agao, I received a delightful postcard in the mail from a friend of mine who lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, the author/illustrator's home province (I live in Ontario). It depicted a charming rendering of a tuxedo cat, so delightful, in fact that I decided to look up the artist and was introduced via google to the whimsical world of Shelagh Duffett.

When I saw that she had recently published a collection of her art in the form of a children's picture book, I knew I had to have it. As a recent grandmother, I had an excuse to buy it, but I probably would have anyway, cat and folk-art lover that I am, and how glad that I did!

I am a lover of books, I work in a public library, I have conducted children's storytimes, read hundreds of picture books to my own children, so I have a sense of what constitutes a 'good' picture book. Of course so much of that is personal, but there are also objective criteria. One of my favorite criteria for 'judging' a picture book is that the pages present a lot of elements that invite exploration, discovery and opportunities to 'engage with the page'. Catalphabet does this wonderfully!

Each letter of the alphabet is celebrated on its own page. The use of alliteration invites conversations around vocabulary (a shout-out here as well to co-author Jonathan Mills). The whimsical sentences invite use of imagination in order to connect the sentences to the images. The wonderful drawings pull the readers right into the page so that when you see Max looking out the living room window at the sea in the distance, YOU are looking out with him. While the rest of the 'menagerie' on the 'M' page are stretching or sleeping, YOU the reader are stretching or sleeping with them.

My favorite page must be the 'L' page: 'Lily leaps like a leopard from leaves to laundry lines lilting by the lake" How LOVELY is that? And there is Lily the cat, tight-rope walking across the clothes-line, flowers and grass in the foreground, the sea and a sailboat in the background- she could be walking on water!

You don't have to be a child or a cat-lover to enjoy this sweet book. You basically just have to be a person who delights in the delightful and who loves to have their imagination tickled by the creative use of words and images. I really should buy two more, though. I have one-year-old grandson and newphew I could give my copy too, but I really want to keep it for myself!

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You'll be smiling and laughing all the way to the end!

Reviewed in Canada on December 2, 2016

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What a beautifully illustrated witty and whimsical book to have fun reading out loud to kids and the young at heart. As soon as the print version comes out I plan to gift a few of these to some cat lovers I know! For those that love art and quality illustrations, you will really appreciate the work that went in to this book.

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Dandefoss

Cheerful and bright.

Reviewed in Canada on December 9, 2019

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I purchased this book for my elderly mom who has dementia. The bright and whimsical pictures are perfect. I can't wait to read it to her at Christmas.