Pete the Kitty: I Love Pete the Kitty

by James Dean, James Dean (Illustrator)

Overview

The fun new Pete the Kitty series from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator James Dean introduces young readers to Pete the Cat before he was Pete the Cat...when he was little Pete the Kitty!

Pete the Kitty loves so many wonderful things in life—like birthday cake, ice cream, his guitar, and more.

But what does this groovy kitty love the most? Find out in this all-new board book!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062435811
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	12/19/2017
Series:	Pete the Cat Series
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	45,891
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 4 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.

Editorial Reviews

2017-12-03
Dean's heavy-lidded blue cat loves a lot of things.In fact, Pete "loves EVERYTHING": playing on the swing set and the slide, "riding his skateboard," making a sand castle at the beach, "learning new things" at school, "playing guitar and singing songs," reading "all kinds of books," and eating sweets. (Nothing even remotely healthful is featured on his list of favorite foods.) He loves his friends and his family, and they love him too. Pete is more a phenomenon than a character, the couldn't-care-less expression he permanently wears crucial to his brand appeal. Those people who love Pete will probably love this book, but the babies they share it with will be puzzled. No matter how much the text tells them Pete loves this or that, he looks bored in every endeavor except for singing, when his pink tongue sticking out gives him the semblance of a smile. While several of the other cat characters are similarly expressionless, enough have upturned kitty mouths to thoroughly confuse readers who have associated the smiling faces of their caregivers with love from their earliest days.As a vehicle for peddling Pete to babies, this book serves its purpose, but that's the only one. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews