Scotton, Rob Splat the Cat Makes Dad Glad 32 pgs.
HarperCollins, 2014. $16.99. Content: Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G
Violence: G. EARLY READER
Splats dad is
sad and Splat is determined to cheer him up. He learns about a contest at the
Cat School Picnic and decides that winning that with his dad would cheer him
up. So Splat practices with his little mouse friend Seymour. When it comes time
for the daddy/son contest, things don’t go quite as planned. Will Splat go
splat?
Splat is pretty
popular at my school library –so any read from this series would go over well.
The plot is fairly cute and the lesson is nice. I think students will enjoy the
accidents that Splat has. The artwork is fairly good, not my favorite art style. I didn't like the
attempt to have a rhyming scheme to the story, since words that were awkward
had to be used in order to not break the rhyme. For example the word Lad. Ugh.
EL(K-3) –ADVISABLE
Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author.
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