Thumpy Feet
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- £5.49
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
Thumpy, thumpy, thumpy, thump! Here comes Thumpy Feet! He eats, cleans, plays, hunts, and naps. And he'll win his way into your heart! The onomatopoeic text follows a fun-loving, food-loving, self-satisfied cat as he enjoys the simple pleasures of his daily routine. Reminiscent of East Asian ink wash paintings, the illustrations not only reproduce Thumpy Feet's exquisite movement but also his very essence. Masterful compositions -- balanced, varied, and often surprising -- capture the reader's attention and arouse his or her emotions: joy, anticipation, and love at first sight!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Take that, "Surprised Kitty" and "Keyboard Cat." Lewin's Thumpy Feet may exist in an analog format, but he's as endearingly, idiosyncratically feline as any YouTube star. "Here comes Thumpy Feet! Thumpy thumpy thumpy thump thumpy," Lewin proclaims, in a voice that seems to channel both the cat and his besotted owner. Minimally propped and set against crisp white backgrounds, the action couldn't be more catlike in its concision. Thumpy a handsome marmalade with eager, comically intense green eyes eats ("Smacky smacky"), gives himself a good wash ("lick, licky licky"), subdues and bats around a blue mouse cat toy ("Flippy FLIP"), takes 40 well-deserved winks ("Snoozy snoozy snoooozy"), and then follows a roll of yarn off the pages. Lewin also visited the cat world in 2010's Where Is Tippy Toes? but this time, her considerable artistry is even more evident: each one of her gorgeous, goofy ink-wash portraits is a keeper. Best of all, she reminds readers how much fun cats are to watch and how they couldn't care less about whether we're watching them. Ages 3 6.
