If you give a cat a cupcake

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Title:

If you give a cat a cupcake

Author:

Numeroff, Laura Joffe, author.

Bond, Felicia, illustrator.

Summary:

Describes a series of increasingly far-fetched events that might occur if someone were to give a cupcake to a cat.

Audience:

2.6 Follett Library Resources

K-3 Follett Library Resources

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Cats -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Bond, Felicia,

Publisher:

Laura Geringer Books,

Publication Date:

2008

ISBN:

9780060283247

9780060283254

Publication Information:

[New York] : Laura Geringer Books, c2008.

Call Number:

P NUMEROFF

Holds: Copies:

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If you give a cat a cupcake, he'll ask for some sprinkles to go with it. When you give him the sprinkles, he might spill some on the floor. Cleaning up will make him hot, so you'll give him a bathing suit . . .

Written in the tradition of the bestselling If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond's If You Give a Cat a Cupcake will show everyone that Cat is where it's at!

The If You Give... series is a perennial favorite among children. With its spare, rhythmic text and circular tale, these books are perfect for beginning readers and story time. Sure to inspire giggles and requests to "read it again!"

Other favorites in Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond's bestselling series include:

If You Give a Dog a Donut If You Give a Moose a Muffin If You Give a Mouse a Cookie If You Give a Pig a Pancake If You Give a Pig a Party

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2-This story begins with a girl, a cat that originally appeared in Numeroff's If You Give a Pig a Party (HarperCollins, 2005), and a cupcake. The cat asks for some sprinkles, and naturally, they spill on the floor. Cleaning them up makes the cat hot, so he asks for a bathing suit, and hijinks ensue. The resulting series of events leads the protagonist and the cat to the beach, into a boat, through an amusement park, and eventually back to the sprinkles and another cupcake. The familiar madcap illustrations contrast a gleefully mischievous gray cat with a bemused blond girl. The tone is wry, and the story features the zany childhood logic of the earlier titles by this creative team. The concept is beginning to wear thin, but the book will be popular among fans of the series.-Rachael Vilmar, Eastern Shore Regional Library, Salisbury, MD (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

If you give an adorable gray kitten a supporting role in a popular series, he'll cry out for a lead--and thus, this latest entry from Numeroff and Bond, which features a cat that first appeared in If You Give a Pig a Party. Like its predecessors, the story bubbles with cascading "if... then" silliness: a girl's granting of a cupcake, for example, leads to a request for sprinkles, which causes a mess; cleaning up gets the cat overheated, which prompts a trip to the beach, and so forth. Some of the connections feel forced even for this series (a ride on a merry-go-round whale inspires a wish to go to a science museum), but the vivacity of the drawings and pertness of the kitty protagonist make up for the shortcomings. Besides, a lot of the series' appeal can be credited to the competency and ingenuity of the various human enablers in the books. While sometimes baffled by the goings-on, the girl in these pages is able to roll with the punches--unlike many adults. Final art not seen by PW. Ages 3-7. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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