Cat's Knees & Bee's Whiskers - Hardcover

Nightingale, Sandy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152153640 ISBN 13: 9780152153649

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1993

Synopsis

Baldrick the cat studies hard to become an expert witch's cat, but he runs into trouble when he tries out a new spell without supervision

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Ages 4-8. In a lighthearted, slapstick story just right for Halloween, Baldrick is learning to be a witch's cat. He's not that good at riding a broomstick, but he's really skilled at spells and incantations. What he loves most are mice. When he hears that the moon is made of green cheese, he's determined to get there because he knows that "where there's cheese, there's mice." Messing with the witch's brew, he's clashingly transformed into a strange creature, part bee, part pig, and makes a beeline for the moon. The moon mice turn out to be "enormice," but he narrowly escapes them and proves himself a hero. The silly whimsy gets a bit much at times, but the wordplay is funny, and the brightly colored, detailed illustrations combine farce, domesticity, and general garish fun. The witch, with long, gray permed hair, high-heeled boots, swirling cape, and pointed hat, is a satisfying blend of the trendy, the ancient, and the hideous. Hazel Rochman

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0152153640
• ISBN 13: 9780152153649
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1