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So, What's It Like to Be a Cat?
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So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? Hardcover - 2005

by Kuskin, Karla

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With a whimsical text by an award-winning children's poet and beguiling illustrations by a Caldecott Honor Award-winning illustrator, this fun picture book features a little boy interviewing a cat on being a cat. Full color.

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Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Details

  • Title So, What's It Like to Be a Cat?
  • Author Kuskin, Karla
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, NY
  • Date 2005-06
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP98404998
  • ISBN 9780689847332 / 0689847335
  • Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.42 x 9.78 x 0.43 in (26.47 x 24.84 x 1.09 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Library of Congress subjects Stories in rhyme, Cats
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003027338
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 05/01/2005, Page 1591
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 09/01/2005, Page 25
  • Horn Book Magazine, 07/01/2005, Page 454
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2005, Page 279
  • Ingram Children's Advance, 07/01/2005, Page 39
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 05/15/2005, Page 591
  • New York Times, 05/15/2005, Page 20
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/25/2005, Page 76
  • School Library Journal, 08/01/2005, Page 99

About the author

Cats have permitted Karla Kuskin to observe their antics for a very long time. She's found that they especially like to nap on her papers when she is trying to write about them! She has written dozens of poetry collections and picture books, including Roar and More; The Philharmonic Gets Dressed; The Animals and the Ark; and Moon, Have You Met My Mother? She has won numerous awards for her witty way with words, including the prestigious NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children and the Children's Book Council's Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives with her husband and Velma the cat on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Betsy Lewin is the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type and its sequels, including Click, Clack, Quack to School!; Click, Clack, Ho, Ho, Ho; Click, Clack, Peep; Click, Clack, Boo!; Giggle, Giggle, Quack; Duck for President; Dooby Dooby Moo; and Thump, Quack, Moo; in addition to a number of other picture books, including So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? and Where Is Tippy Toes?. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.