Lap Cat
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
For fans of The Book Hog and The Leaf Thief comes a zany, fun picture book about a cat on a mission to find the perfect lap.
Lap Cat is on a quest to find the warmest, softest, most comfortable lap around Mellsville. They search high and low, in parks and diners, leaving a path of destruction in their wake. With everyone in town mad at their actions, will Lap Cat be able to see past their own desires and make up for the messes they’ve made?
Author-illustrator Joren Cull has crafted both a hilarious adventure and a thoughtful lesson in being mindful of how your actions affect others.
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Lap Cat seeks "the perfect lap" in Cull's quirky, medieval-meets-modern telling. An opening panel illuminated with manuscript-style florals notes that it's day 222 of Lap Cat's "journey—nay, quest," while the facing page shows the feline venturing along a forested trail in a Robin Hood–esque hat, chanting "Lap." The feline's trek brings about encounters with numerous creatures—a squirrel with a bucket, a cat diner server, a dolphin fond of sand castles, and more. During each meeting, the cat's single-mindedness proves accidentally harmful (about a joke store's broken door, "Lap Cat is so focused on finding the perfect lap that they do not even realize they've cracked the glass"). Arriving at an establishment called "Lap Mart" ("A glorious sight! A superstore of laps!"), the protagonist rejoices until the shop owner alerts the feline to their previous destructiveness. The duo sets off to make amends, and eventually Lap Cat finds a way to a happy ending. Flattened and blocky, candy-colored drawings have a contemporary style that keeps the offbeat tale's twists and turns moving. Ages 5–8.
