Meet Chester, the delightfully self-centred cat! A highly original and hilariously boisterous new picture book from the prize-winning creator of the best-selling Scaredy Squirrel. The author/illustrator of this book is actually trying to write a story about a mouse in a house, but Chester, her mischievous cat, just won't stop interfering. He keeps doodling on the pages, writing rude comments and changing the story with his annoying red marker pen! Will Melanie ever manage to stop Chester from upstaging her at every turn, or will he take over completely?
Meet Chester, the delightfully self-centred cat! A highly original and hilariously boisterous new picture book from the prize-winning creator of the best-selling Scaredy Squirrel. The author/illustrator of this book is actually trying to write a story about a mouse in a house, but Chester, her mischievous cat, just won't stop interfering. He keeps doodling on the pages, writing rude comments and changing the story with his annoying red marker pen! Will Melanie ever manage to stop Chester from upstaging her at every turn, or will he take over completely?
Meet Chester, the delightfully self-centred cat! A highly original and hilariously boisterous new picture book from the prize-winning creator of the best-selling Scaredy Squirrel. The author/illustrator of this book is actually trying to write a story about a mouse in a house, but Chester, her mischievous cat, just won't stop interfering. He keeps doodling on the pages, writing rude comments and changing the story with his annoying red marker pen! Will Melanie ever manage to stop Chester from upstaging her at every turn, or will he take over completely? Key title / Melanie Watt is the author/illustrator of the hugely successful picture book, Scaredy Squirrel. / Scaredy Squirrel was recommended on Richard and Judy's Christmas Books TV Special / Chester is an anarchic cat who is sure to win the hearts of adults and children alike / Combining energetic artwork with photo collage, Melanie Watt's work will appeal to the same audience as Lauren Child / Competition: Lauren Child
Melanie Watt lives in Montreal,Quebec. She is the author and illustrator of a number of children's books including Scaredy Squirrel and Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend.
Praise for Scaredy Squirrel: "Youngsters will go nuts over this one." Publishers Weekly
Praise for Scaredy Squirrel: "Youngsters will go nuts over this one." Publishers Weekly
This sidesplitting metafiction offers further proof of Watt's (the Scaredy Squirrel books) extravagantly fresh, cheeky voice. Here, the exasperated author-illustrator engages in a literary tug-of-war with the eponymous marmalade puss, who has a figure like Nero Wolfe and an outsize ego to match. Chester is determined to thwart Watt's attempts to write a nice little book about a winsome country mouse; using a red magic marker, he writes, "Then Mouse packed his bags and went on a trip very, very far away and we never saw him ever again!" underneath Watt's opening sentence and attempts to make himself the star of the show. Volleys of creativity and red ink follow: Watt introduces a fierce dog, only to have Chester make him vegetarian; Chester begins a new story set in Chesterville ("where mice weren't allowed"), but Watt makes it rain, washing his work away. Chester retaliates by caricaturing the author ("Hi. I am Melanie Watt and I am very angry!" reads a speech bubble), and the mouse even enters the act, complaining, "I can't work like this!" The closing pages seem to give Watt the upper hand (hint: a humiliating pink tutu is involved), but readers, who will adore Chester's unbridled self-interest and blatant disregard for artistic integrity, may suspect that this is one kitty who has not yet begun to fight. Ages 4-8. (Oct.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
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