A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
In this picture book anthology of four mostly wordless stories, every character is colorful and cool, and every page is an adventure! For fans of Narwhal and Jelly.
In Tim's world, cats can paint on the ceiling and a cheerful porcine couple can wait months for the bus. A duck and a mouse can fly . . . a plane, of course. In "Doug & Mouse," the first of four stories, a plucky duck and mouse pair embark on a globe-spanning journey by plane, jungle vine, horse, skis, skates, paraglider, boat and submarine, but they're sure to make it home in time for pizza and tunes. In "Tim," the titular cat lives his nine lives to the fullest -- he's a basketball star (sort of), a scientist (but not a very good one), a painter (very lifelike) and an all-terrain golfer. In "Connie," a plucky rabbit follows her line of inquiry wherever it leads. And in the final story, "Mr. and Mrs. Hamhock," an amiable pig couple wait months and months for the bus, only to realize that they've forgotten something important behind at home.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In four off-kilter, virtually wordless stories, Martz (Destination X) sketches out wild journeys, career mishaps, and unpredictable turns of events involving a small cast of amiable animals. In the eponymous story, Tim appears to be wrestling with career indecision: a full-spread grid shows him dressed in the gear of 32 professions (chef, judge, superhero, etc.), before a few panel sequences follow his misadventures as a basketball player, scientist, and painter (having painted himself into a corner, he simply walks up the walls). Elsewhere, friends Doug (a duck) and Mouse (a mouse), travel over waterfalls, down mineshafts, and through underground rivers on their way to a pizza dance party; a rabbit named Connie shows off her impressive inventions; and Mr. and Mrs. Hamhock, an elderly pig couple, sit on a bench for a full year before Mrs. Hamhock wonders, "Did I leave the oven on?" (Naturally, the bus arrives just as Mr. Hamhock battles their house fire with a garden hose.) Martz's crisp, graphic forms defy readers' expectations not to mention logic and the rules of physics delivering pleasing absurdity with every page turn. Ages 3 5.
