Chato Goes Cruisin' (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards)) - Hardcover

Soto, Gary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039923974X ISBN 13: 9780399239748

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 2005

Synopsis

Having looked forward to their wonderful cruise, cats Chato and Novio Boy find themselves aboard a boat filled with dogs and quickly realize that they made a big mistake until the two feline friends decide to make the best of it and have a good time--despite their strange surroundings!

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Guevara is the two-time winner of the Pura Belpr Award for Illustration for Chatos Kitchen and Chato and the Party Animals. About Chatos Kitchen, School Library Journal said, Guevaras striking illustrations enrich the text with delightful, witty details. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

From School Library Journal:

Starred Review. Grade 1-4–The creators of Chato's Kitchen (1995) and Chato and the Party Animals (2000, both Putnam) bring their cool cats back for another delightful adventure. Chato enters a contest and wins a trip for two on a cruise ship. When he and his friend Novio Boy arrive at the dock, they see that the vessel is filled with dogs, but decide to go anyway. The cruise is not all they had hoped it would be, with fuchi comida (stinky food) and silly games. Then the canines all get sick, and the cats set off in a lifeboat to get help. They sail past a catamaran filled with partying felines and are tempted to stop, but they gave their palabra (word) to the captain, so they continue on until a storm tosses them ashore on an island of vacationing veterinarians, and the dogs are finally saved. Spanish words are sprinkled throughout the text and the "homecats" endear themselves to readers with charm and humor. The colorful acrylic and scratchboard paintings are filled with texture and motion. The expressions on the characters' faces are particularly funny. Inked comic strips play up the humor and add another dimension to the story. Admirers of the previous books will eat this one up, and the addition of cartoons may bring new fans to the table.– Angela J. Reynolds, Washington County Cooperative Library Services, Hillsboro, OR
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About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 039923974X
• ISBN 13: 9780399239748
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Guevara Susan