The Cozy Home
Three-and-a-Half Stories
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Join Bat, Cat, and Rat on their three-and-a-half sweet and silly roommate adventures in this hilarious “gift to reading” (School Library Journal, starred review), the first of a series, from New York Times bestsellers Ame Dyckman and Mark Teague—a companion to the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–winning Vacation.
What happens when three friends—a bat, a cat, and a rat—move in together?
In “Sharing,” Bat, Cat, and Rat find a cozy home to share. But will choosing rooms put their sharing skills to the test?
In “Joking,” Rat sets off a series of pranks and shenanigans with his rubber spider that have the trio screaming in surprise and laughing in delight.
In “Reading,” Cat catches Bat and Rat reading over her shoulder—or so she thinks, until it turns out they haven’t learned to read yet. Can Cat teach her friends to read along with her?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Dyckman (Don't Blow Your Top!) and Teague (King Kong's Cousin) empathically kick off a picture book series about saucer-eyed, sweetly goofy Bat, bibliophile Cat, and jokester Rat, who together move into the dormer-windowed house of the title. Sculptural acrylic paintings show the characters blossoming as both vivid personalities and visual presences in the shared home. Across the chapters, the trio discovers that ostensibly simple declarative expressions—"Sharing is nice!"; "Joking is fun!"; "Reading is THE BEST!"—reveal a range of individual experiences and expectations. In the first story, the characters' dibs-calling has the potential to create a domestic conundrum. The second explores whether all forms of humor are amusing for all. And in the third, Cat's frustration with Bat and Rat's peering at her book reveals that neither pal can read, resulting in a successful collaborative effort. Subtly but effectively, the book's veteran creators show that mutual understanding is worth working for, even when it requires ceding some of one's own assumptions. Ages up to 8. Author's agent: Scott Treimel, Scott Treimel NY.
