Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes

by James Dean, James Dean (Illustrator), Kimberly Dean

Overview

From the bestselling Pete the Cat series, help Pete and his friends find the missing cupcakes!

Pete the Cat and his friends are busy as can be baking cupcakes for a party, and Pete can’t wait to perform with his groovy band. But some of the cupcakes have gone missing! Who could have taken them?

In this hardcover picture book adventure by New York Times bestselling authors James and Kimberly Dean, Pete and the gang solve the mystery of the missing cupcakes and learn that it’s cool to be kind.

The Pete the Cat fun never stops—watch the groovin’ video online!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062304346
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/04/2016
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	7,034
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD440L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

James Dean’s art has sold in more than ninety galleries and shops across the United States. He has devoted his paintings to Pete the Cat for fifteen years and has turned his natural love for cats into his life’s work. James published his first adult book, The Misadventures of Pete the Cat, a history of his artwork, in 2006. He illustrated his first self-published children’s book, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, in 2008, and the follow-up book, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes, in 2011. James lives in Savannah, Georgia, with his wife, four cats, and one dog. You can visit him online at www.petethecat.com.

James Dean’s art has sold in more than ninety galleries and shops across the United States. He has devoted his paintings to Pete the Cat for fifteen years and has turned his natural love for cats into his life’s work. James published his first adult book, The Misadventures of Pete the Cat, a history of his artwork, in 2006. He illustrated his first self-published children’s book, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, in 2008, and the follow-up book, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes, in 2011. James lives in Savannah, Georgia, with his wife, four cats, and one dog. You can visit him online at www.petethecat.com.

In 2004, Kimberly & James Dean sat down at their kitchen table to work on a children's book together. Their dream finally became a reality with the release of Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses. Both left corporate jobs in the late nineties (James was an electrical engineer, Kimberly worked in the press office of the governor of Georgia) to pursue their passion for art, and they have experienced a life made up of strange and wonderful coincidences ever since. Pete the Cat has brought magic into their lives. They work in side-by-side studios in Savannah, sharing their home with five cats and Emma the pug.

Editorial Reviews

Pete and his friend Gus were making special cupcakes for a party. As they finished their delightful creations, they set them on the windowsill. Ten cupcakes done are a reason to celebrate, except—oh no!—suddenly two are missing! Pete and Gus attempt to find the culprit; in the meantime, two more vanish. Again, they guess at the guilty party; again, two more go missing. Readers will chortle with each catastrophe, and they will cheer when catching first sight of the cupcake bandit. What will Pete and Gus do when they confront the culprit? How will all come to right? Here’s a book readers will request more than once. While some of the words may challenge new readers, context and repetition will help. Recommended for elementary classrooms, school libraries, and public libraries. Pete the Cat is a much sought-after modern picture book hero who will draw readers to this book with his large golden eyes. Reviewer: Heidi Hauser Green; Ages 4 to 8.

Children's Literature - Heidi Hauser Green

11/01/2016
PreS-Gr 1—Pete's back, this time in a rhyming counting book that has the cat and his platypus buddy, Gus, solving a mystery: Who's taking the cupcakes for the party? The tale sees the friends, most of whom will be familiar to fans of the mischievous feline, giving alibis one by one ("Turtle said, 'It wasn't me! It couldn't be! I've been swimming in the sea!' ") while Pete and Gus seek clues. Observant readers will enjoy finding hints along the way—amphibian footprints are a dead giveaway—and the rhyming and counting down as the cakes disappear make the book highly interactive. As usual, the Deans accompany their rollicking tale with jump-off-the-page bright artwork. Even the endpapers get in on the fun—they show sumptuous cupcakes, with the possible culprits popping up here and there. VERDICT For storytime or anytime sharing, this appealing picture book will be eaten up by readers and listeners alike.—Henrietta Verma, National Information Standards Organization, Baltimore

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