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The New Cat by [Patrick S. Stemp, Anita Soelver]

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Cat is the queen of her castle. She loves playing with her catnip ball, chasing shadows, and eating fish. But a new cat is brought into the home, and for some reason, he isn’t interested in any of the same things. Can Cat and New Cat overcome their differences and become friends?

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3 - 5 years
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21 pages
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English
Publication date

May 28, 2015
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Patrick S. Stemp has written a delightful story for young readers. The beautiful, colorful illustrations help lead the story along, inviting the young reader into the different worlds of Cat and New Cat. There is a lesson in this story, a lesson about accepting differences and trying hard to be friends with everyone. It is a simple lesson, one that everyone needs to learn - the importance of friendships and the importance of accepting other people's differences.- Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite

About the Author

Patrick Stemp loves words and telling stories. He writes for both adults and children. Creating for children allows him to share fun and funny stories with young people, and to work with an amazing illustrator to share their vision of a world that will excite and entertain. Anita Soelver works full time as a freelance illustrator. She has a strong passion for children related projects, so she was all over it when Patrick suggested that they should team up to create children's books together. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00YG54826
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stirling Bay (May 28, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 28, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 9725 KB
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Best Sellers Rank: #3,855,121 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #172 in Baby & Toddler Opposites Books
- #883 in Children's Opposites Books
- #14,701 in Children's Books on Friendship

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Patrick S. Stemp
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Patrick Stemp is a voracious reader of science fiction, thrillers, mysteries, noir, and non-fiction. He writes children's fiction at Frogburps, and plans to begin publishing adult fiction soon.
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Anita Soelver
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Anita Soelver works as a children's book illustrator in Denmark, with more than 30 books illustrated for various publishers.
She has been drawing since childhood, and now enjoys to be able to bring stories to life for children every day. She tries to pass on the passion for arts and crafts to her grandkids, while also encouraging them to discover the joy of reading.
She is a passionate bookworm herself, listening to 80+ audiobooks each year, while she works.
You can learn more about Anita on:
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http://www.frogburps.com/sm
http://soelver.dk/ama
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Lisa Gott

An exquisitely illustrated story with a great lesson

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2015

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Patrick Stemp’s The New Cat is a delightful new children’s story about a cat who struggles to befriend a new resident “cat” in his home. The illustrations by Anita Soelver are breathtaking and jump off the page into your lap, making the story truly come alive. And the size of the book is perfect, too. Large enough for a parent and child to enjoy together, but not too bulky for a young child to hold on their own.

Stemp teaches children that everyone is different. That even in the most different of souls lives something relatable. He reminds us that patience and perseverance are two of the main ingredients when making (and keeping) a friendship.

Stemp and Soelver are a team to watch out for. I have a feeling many more of their books will be gracing the shelves of children’s rooms across the world in very short order.

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Simon Cantan

A perfect book for a young child who likes cats and dogs

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2015

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I read this book to my four-year-old son and he loved it. The illustrations are incredible and the story was great too. He did get a little confused as to why the dog was called 'New Cat', so I had to explain that, but other than that it was a big hit in our house.

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A gem.

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2015

Note - I received an advance copy for review purposes.

A fantastic kid's book. Really! The ideal length for a bedtime story, or for that matter an anytime story. My five year old loved this story and demanded that I "READ IT AGAIN!" twice.

What makes this book effective is the use of both narrative AND illustration. Not only are the illustrations appropriate to what's going on in the narrative (which seems like such a small thing, but there are a lot of books out there where the pictures don't tie to the text on that page), but in one point the illustration *tells* the story in the absence of words. It's near the end, when Cat happens upon the "new cat" (that's to say, a dog) sleeping in her spot. The scene advances the story elegantly and imaginatively.

The text is very well written, as well as being age-appropriate and not at all patronizing or condescending to the young reader (or listener).

Really - this book is a gem. Outstanding work and I hope not the last we'll hear from the team of Stemp and Soelver.

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Caty M

Adorable story with great artwork

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2015

The artwork is wonderful. The story is simple (in a good way) and adorable.

I have 2 (tiny) issues with this book:

1) My kids are still young enough where they're in that stage of naming everything they see ("Look! Dog! What that? Kitty?" Having the dog be referred to as "New Cat" confused them and there's no explanation in the story, so I had to stop reading and spend time explaining everything to them; yes, it is a dog, but the kitty doesn't know what a dog is, so she thinks he's a a new cat.

2) The ending confused them because they're too young to make the connection that the fact they both love sleeping in the sunshine is the thing they have in common so they can be best friends. Yes, it gave me a chance to discuss the story with them and teach them how to make that connection, it ended the book kind of abruptly for them.

That said, my kids love the book :-)

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Gigi Sedlmayer, Book Excellence Award Finalist winning author of the Talon series

He loved to play with his catnip ball

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2015

Cat, the queen in the house, was an inside cat and did all what cats supposed to do.
He loved to play with his catnip ball, chasing shadows and eating canned fish for dinner. She also loved to lay in the sun on her favourite place.

One day his family brought another cat into the house. and that Cat did everything wrong for her. He didn't like playing with the catnip all, he liked other things.

Cat was surprized if they could ever be friends and find some common ground. She found it as they laid together in the sun. Cat was very happy so was the new Cat (Dog).

A delightful book for children to learn sharing. Very imaginative with fantastic drawings to the great text.

A copy was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

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Searching for at least one thing in common.....

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2015

From Frogburps come author Patrick Stemp and Danish illustrator Anita Sølver and the result is a very successful collaborative book called THE NEW CAT. Creative minds join to bring a refreshing lilt to the genre of children's books.

Cat is the queen of her castle. She loves playing with her catnip ball, chasing shadows, and eating fish - and most of all, taking catnaps in the sunshine through the kitchen window. Everything changed when Cat's family brought home a present - a NEW CAT!!!!!! The new cat was friendly and Cat plays with her catnip ball, trying to share it with new cat. But new cat sniffed the catnip ball, was disinterested, and played with chewed on rope instead. Cat doesn't understand their differences, offers new cat some of her fish food, but new cat jut sniffed and preferred a bowl of hard pellets - another surprise and disappointment for Cat. Cat tries to figure out the reasons new cat has different interests until she looks out a window and sees her family walking new cat on a rope. When the family gets home Cat naps in her sunshine then goes downstairs and new cat is napping in her kitchen sunshine spot, and thinking that if only they had one thing in common they could be friends - like taking a nap together in the kitchen favorite spot.

A cute story (of course new cat is a pup) that will entertain children as they discover the secret Cat doesn't appreciate until the end. Excellent illustrations and clever (and instructive) story from Patrick and Anita and Frogburps. Grady Harp, May 15

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Jjspina

A cute and entertaining story!

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2015

A cute story about a house cat that rules her domain. She has favorite things to do like eating canned fish, playing with her catnip ball and chasing shadows. One day Cat's owners bring home a surprise. Is it another cat? This new cat doesn't want to do the same things that Cat does until they find one thing that they both like to do. I won't ruin the surprise. You will have to read into find out.

This book is beautifully illustrated and well written and an enjoyable read for children. Children will learn that differences are not important when it comes to friendship. I was given this book in exchange for an honest review.

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