Rambunctious, filled with superbly executed details (look for Seymour when Splat pulls his mildly sheer sheets over his head), this book not only gets its job done, it completely transcends its agenda. His latest book, 'Splat the Cat' is the story of a young cat facing all the wonders and worries of his first day at cat school. Naturally, everything works out before the dismissal bell rings, but not before a chase sequence guaranteed to bring down the house. For courage, Splat secretly brings along his pet mouse, Seymour, and is astounded when the day's lesson includes the news that cats chase mice (to Splat's multiple “Why?”s, the teacher offers a finite “Because”). Read reviews and buy Splat the Cat: Big Reading Collection - (I Can Read Level 1) by Rob Scotton (Paperback) at Target. Right away the art signals off-kilter: using a predominantly blue-gray palette, enlivened by only one or two contrast colors per page, Scotton evokes the black cat Splat in almost 3D renderings, the cat's hairs seemingly standing on edge, eyes bulging apprehensively as he contemplates his first appearance at Cat School. Rob Scotton is the bestselling author and illustrator of Russell the Sheep Russell and the Lost Treasure Russell’s Christmas Magic Splat the Cat Love, Splat Merry Christmas, Splat. Working in the same edgy style of his Russell the Sheep books, Scotton once again wrests new opportunities for humor from a well-worn theme, this time training his sights on first-day-of-school anxiety.

Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton