Too Many Cats (Step into Reading)

Houran, Lori Haskins

ISBN 10: 0375951970 ISBN 13: 9780375951978

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2009

Synopsis

Cat after cat makes its way over the fence and into the backyard of a lady who’s looking for a little quiet to enjoy some music. There are slinky cats and stinky cats, gray cats and stray cats, but all the cats have one thing in common—they love to sing. Meow!

This companion book to Too Many Dogs brings a fun, rhyming text together with bright, humorous artwork in a book that will be irresistible to animal and cat lovers.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this title

About the Author:

A former editor for Random House and Golden Books, Lori Haskins Houran has written several books in the Step into Reading series. She lives in New York, New York with her two sons.

Joe Mathieu is the illustrator of Too Many Dogs, as well as Big Mike’s Police Car, Dogs Don’t Wear Sneakers, Oh, the Pets You Can Get!, and many Sesame Street titles. He lives in Brooklyn, Connecticut.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

From Booklist:

“Black cat. / Gray cat. / Rich cat. / Stray cat.” begins the oh-so-familiar tale. “Slinky cat. / Stinky cat. / Silly cat. / Chilly cat.” A large font with only two to four words per page will ensure that the earliest readers can experience success in reading. As the text progresses, the cats hurry to a meeting place: “All these cats, they like one thing. / All these cats, they like to . . . ” With a turn of the page, emergent readers will be rewarded with having predicted the next word: “Sing.” The vibrant illustrations have a coloring-book feel, but the cats are nevertheless adorable. Full of energy, the pictures add touches of conflict, like when the white cat stands in front of a freshly painted fence and becomes a green cat. A cellist practicing on a balcony has to compete with the yowling cats, but much to the musician’s chagrin, one of the cats has the last word. This amusing addition to the Step into Reading series is sure to tickle readers’ funny bones. Preschool-Grade 1. --Patricia Austin

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0375951970
• ISBN 13: 9780375951978
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Mathieu Joe