The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Holub, Joan

Scat, Cats!

32 pp. | Viking | July, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-670-89279-3 $$13.89 | Paper ISBN 0-14-130905-9 $$3.99

(3) K-3 Viking Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by Rich Davis. A boy and a girl bemoan the mess a pack of cats is making in their home and shoo them out, only to miss them once they are gone. The rhyming text features short sentences with a lot of repetition yet a varied and interesting vocabulary. Defined by a thin, shaky outline that echoes and emphasizes the story's chaos, the illustrations are humorous and appropriately frenetic.

Reviewer: Anne St. John