Lost
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
In this paneled picture book, join a small girl on her hilarious and surprising search for her lost cat--and watch as she helps her neighbors, who have also lost their pets, along the way!
Where, oh where is Kitty? She's not upstairs... not in her litter box... not at her food bowl. Hmm...There's only one thing to do: find this lost cat.
As the cat's owner roams town in hopes of finding her pet, she discovers she's not the only one missing their beloved animal. There's also a lost dog...a lost bird...even a lost giraffe!
Join the search party in this almost wordless story that celebrates helping our neighbors and gently reminds us that what is lost can always be found.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A child whose orange cat has gone missing distributes homemade "LOST" signs around the neighborhood in this largely wordless picture book. Along the way, the protagonist finds myriad supporters, including others saddened by their own respective pets' disappearances. In a series of flashbacks, Staake (The Path) shows how a mail carrier's green bird scrammed out the window, a bench-sitter's blue dog slipped under the front gate, and a grocery shopper's giraffe—a sly and wonderful stretch of credulity—simply walked over the garden wall. The bereft owners each wave farewell to the child, whose lunch soon offers connection to the dog and bird. As the youth distributes "FOUND" posters for those animals, another serendipitous encounter leads to the missing kitty—and brings the giraffe out of hiding. This zippy panel-style tale in the creator's shape-based aesthetic brims with eclectic characters (a devil-may-care bird with a single curlicue on its head, an engaging background cast in b&w) as well as good vibes about connection and caring in a universe where all's well that ends well. Human caregivers are portrayed with a range of skin tones, some fanciful. Ages 3–7.
