That Pesky Rat - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408337371 ISBN 13: 9781408337370

Publisher: Hachette Kids Orchard Books, 2016

Synopsis

That Pesky Rat
A heartwarming and funny tale of friendship and belonging from the award-winning, multi-million-selling creator of Charlie and Lola, Lauren Child. From Kate Greenaway Medal winner, Lauren Child, creator of the BAFTA-winning, multi-million-selling Charlie and Lola, comes the latest edition of the award-winning, bestselling story of how one little street rat finds a home of his own. Rat lives in dustbin number 3, Grubby Alley. At night, when he's tucked up in his crisp packet, Rat looks up at the cosy windows and wonders what it would be like to belong to somebody. To be an actual pet. To have a home of his own.

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Review:

Lauren Child, creator of the popular Clarice Bean books, lavishes her zany, ultramodern, mixed-media attentions on the animal kingdom in That Pesky Rat. This brown street rat lives in a trash can in Grubby Alley, longing to be someone's pet. He knows plenty of animals who are pets. Pierre, a chinchilla, lives in the lap of luxury with Madame Fifi who feeds him chocolates. Nibbles, a lop-eared rabbit, works in a circus with Mr. Hoopla. (With all the trapezes and such, she may have a life that's "a little too nerve-wracking," but at least she has a name other than that pesky rat.) Miss St. Clair does puzzles with her Scottie dog, Andrew, and makes him wear a little hat and coat. "I don't think clothes would suit me," says our rat. "But I would do anything to be somebody's pet." One day, the rat takes the matter into his own paws and posts a notice in Mrs. Trill's pet store: "Brown rat looking for a kindly owner with an interest in cheese." Fortunately, the myopic Mr. Fortesque thinks he is a cat, and of course, no one corrects him. They live happily ever after, Mr. Fortesque and... Tiddles. Child's funky, clashing-pattern collages complement this sweetly earnest story of a creature who wants to love and be loved, even if it means having to wear a little sweater. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson

About the Author:

Lauren Child is the author of three award-winning books about the irrepressible Clarice Bean and two books about siblings Lola and Charlie. Of this book she says, "I got the idea for THAT PESKY RAT when for several months, I was without a fixed address, so I house-sat, watered plants, fed cats, and slept on friends’ floors. I found myself longing for a place of my own and couldn’t help gazing into people’s windows, thinking how cozy their homes looked, longing to be somewhere that feels like home."

About this edition

• Publisher: Hachette Kids Orchard Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1408337371
• ISBN 13: 9781408337370
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32