Otto's Backwards Day
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- £1.99
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- £1.99
Publisher Description
Someone stole Otto’s birthday! When Otto and his robot sidekick, Toot, follow the crook, they discover a topsy-turvy world where rats chase cats and people wear underpants over their clothes. To get his presents back, Otto needs to solve a slew of backwards puzzles — but his greatest challenge comes at the journey’s very end. On this special day, will Otto discover something even better than cake or gifts?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Five years after Otto's Orange Day, Cammuso and Lynch return with Otto the cat's second adventure. Luckily for Otto, his birthday is tomorrow; unluckily, someone has stolen his gifts. Catching a glimpse of the thief, Otto follows the perpetrator into Professor Barkwords's doghouse laboratory. Readers get a crash course in palindromes (and what's really important where birthdays are concerned) as Otto travels through the professor's gateway to "the backwards world... a world very much like our own, except that everything is backwards, topsy-turvy," Barkwords explains. Otto will be fine there, since his name is a palindrome, and so will his companion, a robot named Toot who can transform into a race car and kayak (palindromes, as well). The oddities of the backwards world provide fast-paced thrills as Otto and Toot are pursued by the "star rats" police force ("Rats chasing a cat! That is backwards!" quips Otto) and find out who stole Otto's birthday loot. There's a message about the importance of friends and family underlying the story, but Cammuso's action-packed cartooning keeps the emphasis on fun. Ages 4 8.
