Rob Scotton, Harper, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-117760-6
In Splat's latest holiday adventure, his "witch's cat" Halloween costume meets with an accident, so his mother uses a spider as inspiration to make him a new one. Unfortunately, his friends Spike and Plank don't even blink when he dons his "big,...
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Rob Scotton. Harper, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-197868-5
In his fifth tale, Splat the cat has a fit when he finds out that Spike is coming for an after-school play date: "He's a show-off. He calls me names. And he doesn't like me." The day goes from bad to worse when his class heads to the swimming pool (S
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Rob Scotton, Author, Rob Scotton, Illustrator . Harper-Collins $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-059848-8
Humans who have trouble falling asleep have been known to count sheep. But what do insomniacs of the woolly-coated variety do? Russell, a sheep longing for shuteye, is on the case in this sweet-natured picture book. When all is quiet except for...
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Rob Scotton, Author, Rob Scotton, Illustrator . HarperCollins $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-059851-8
The fleecy, fleet-footed insomniac introduced in Russell the Sheep
returns in all his striped stocking-capped glory for another picture-book romp, this time on the trail of treasure. When Russell spies a tattered map that hints at treasure buried...
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Rob Scotton, Author, Rob Scotton, Illustrator . HarperCollins $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-059854-9
Would that all sheep were as cute as Russell, the stocking-capped insomniac of Frogsbottom Field. After witnessing Santa's spectacular Christmas Eve sleigh crash, the woolly wonder snaps into action to save the holiday and get the man of the...
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Rob Scotton, Author, Rob Scotton, Illustrator . HarperCollins $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-0608-3154-7
Working in the same edgy style of his Russell the Sheep books, Scotton once again wrests new opportunities for humor from a well-worn theme, this time training his sights on first-day-of-school anxiety. Right away the art signals off-kilter: using a
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Rob Scotton, Author, Rob Scotton, Illustrator . Harper $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-083160-8
The high-strung but well-meaning Splat, from Splat the Cat
and Love, Splat
, returns with a special request for Santa Claus. But when his younger sister expresses doubt that he's been good enough, he overcompensates: he washes the dishes (they
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Rob Scotton. Harper, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-197874-6
Splat the cat has had his share of misadventures, and his mouse friend Seymour has always been there for him. When Seymour is sick in bed with purple spots, Splat gets to return the favor, taking Seymour down memory lane via a “Friendship Book”...
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Rob Scotton. HarperFestival, $6.99 paper (16p) ISBN 978-0-06-197862-3
“Don’t forget to bring in something for your special valentine,” Mrs. Wimpydimple reminds Splat’s class in this lift-the-flap holiday tale. Instead of panicking, the typically anxious cat draws up a quick solution. Scotton builds suspense through...
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Rob Scotton. Harper, $6.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-06-197863-0
Splat and Spike have just one more house to hit up on Halloween night—the spooky one. Unfortunately, their mouse friend Seymour hightails it inside, leaving Splat and Spike to navigate the cobweb-strewn corridors of the old house. Large flaps on...
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Rob Scotton. HarperFestival, $6.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-06-197865-4
A pine tree with prickly Velcro-like hooks, a gold foil star, and satiny yellow ribbon are a few of the textural elements spicing up this Christmas board book featuring Scotton’s popular black cat. The brief text follows Splat’s holiday preparations,
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Rob Scotton. HarperCollins, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-0629-9038-9
Max, a white anthropomorphized pooch with brown ears and a brown spot over one eye, has always felt like a show-and-tell washout—until now. After a voice suggests that he “dare to see what you can do,” he steps up and relates in rhyming lines his...
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