The Cat's Pajamas - Hardcover

Wallace, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1941758002 ISBN 13: 9781941758007

Publisher: Inkshares, 2014

Synopsis

Meet Louis Fellini. Louis lived in a time long ago when cats wore clothes, worked in cities, and went on picnics. But the cats dressed all the same, down to the shoes they wore. Louis Fellini was a different sort of cat. He wanted to be himself. But it isn’t as easy as you might think to be yourself, especially when everyone else looks the same, when everybody else is a . . . copy cat. But Louis Fellini found a way. He was just that kind of cat. He was the cat’s pajamas.

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel Wallace is a bestselling novelist and author of Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions. His illustrations have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Italy's Vanity Fair, and many other magazines and books, including Pep Talks, Warnings, and Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom and Cautionary Advice for Writers, by George Singleton. He lives, writes, and draws in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 2—In the fictional world of this picture book, set a very long time ago, cats live in homes, attend school, have jobs, and behave like humans. Every cat dresses the same, except Louis Fellini, a cat who chooses to express himself via his clothes. Louis eschews underwear and opts instead for grass skirts; he sometimes even dons a French beret and cape instead of the standard jeans and T-shirt. While his parents are mortified by his avant-garde style, his classmates are enchanted and began to emulate him. These "copy cats" mimicked whatever he wore. Irritated by this flattery, Louis stays up all night trying to figure out how to be different and sleeps through his alarm. He accidentally goes to school in his pajamas, but the other cats are delighted by this fashion statement and soon everyone is wearing pajamas both day and night. Alas, living in pajamas and feeling so contented kills their industrious zeal, and they slowly evolve into the languid cats we know today. Wallace has fun with this story, and his illustrations, such as the arithmetic problem involving a cat's nine lives, are playful and add to the tale. The message of being true to oneself is somewhat lost in this charming history and might need some pointing out. This would be an excellent choice for a read-aloud about individuality paired with Robert Munsch's Stephanie's Ponytail (Annick, 1996) and Mo Willems's Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed (Disney-Hyperion, 2009). Recommended for general purchase.—Amy Nolan, St. Joseph Public Library, St. Joseph, MI

About this edition

• Publisher: Inkshares
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1941758002
• ISBN 13: 9781941758007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32