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The Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale
Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
Illustrator: Julie Paschkis
When mouse bakes 36 pies, cat eats them all, alarming mouse, "Cat, you sure are FAT!" Cat clomps off meowing. "Oh I’m Meow Meow Fat! 'Cause I'm a hungry, hungry cat!" Cat eats a wash lady, a company of soldiers, and the king on his elephant. Then he returns to eat his housemate, the mouse. Mouse, of course cuts their way out and sews up his greedy friend, who now reforms. "Oh I'm Meow Meow FLAT! 'Cause I'm an empty, empty cat!" After that cat always leaves something for mouse. And whenever folks meet cat they are careful to speak with respect. "Cat, you sure are fa…fantastic!" Or as one 4th grader called out... "Hey, that was a put up! Wasn’t it?" Paschkis's painting of this fat fat cat is a show stopper!
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"MacDonald’s text has the verve of language honed by frequent telling" ...Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
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"A must for all libraries." ...Top of Texas
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"The crisp, charming text, is set off by Paschkis’s cheery gouache folk art style illustrations." ...Rambles: A Cultural Arts Magazine
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"This story will be a favorite read aloud and simply demands that listeners shout along." ...Kirkus Reviews
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"I used FAT CAT for a "Growing" storytime this morning and had to write and tell you that the children just LOVED it! They laughed in all the right places. It’s really a joy to have a book that “tells” so well." ...Susan Anderson-Newham
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Parent’s Choice Recommended
2001
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Children's Catalog 19th ed.
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Best Books for Children, 7th ed.
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Georgia Children's Picturebook Storybook Award short list
2003-2004
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