A spooky Halloween read-aloud guaranteed to tickle the smallest funny bones! Skeleton Cat Skeleton Cat Pub/In-store: July 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0-545-15385-0 Price: $7.99 Non-Strippable EAN: 9-780545-15385-0 Pages: 32 • Ctn: 100 Trim Size: 9" x 10D/e" Binding: Perfect-bound Format: Paperback Ages: 4–6 • R.L.: Pre-K–1 Category: Holidays / Halloween (F) Illustration Type: Digital LC: N/A Translation Rights: Scholastic Inc. Territory: World
By Kristyn Crow Illustrated By Dan Krall After nine lives, Skeleton Cat is back for his tenth. And he has big dreams: to be a drummer. So he rattles and shakes his way through town to find the perfect band. And this phantom cat causes quite a hilarious scene. Kristyn Crow’s punchy beat, rollicking action, and clever rhyme paired with Dan Krall’s ghoulishly charming art makes Skeleton Cat a perfect, catchy read-aloud for all ages.
Well, cats started wat chin’ from their window
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and the rea l pretty kitt ies said he So he passed gave them the auditio n on that Now he dru stormy nigh ms every eve t. nin’ and he’s out ta sight!
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s zipped by, and some bat e a-moanin’ AM I? Ghosts wer said, “Where leton cat and the ske I’m only BONES! How can this be?” Then he leaped on the gravestones nervously.
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Kristyn Crow is the author of many humorous books for kids, including Bedtime at the Swamp, illustrated by Macky Pamintuan; Cool Daddy Rat, illustrated by Mike Lester; and The Middle-Child Blues, illustrated by David Catrow. She lives with her husband and their litter of seven kids in Utah. You can visit her website at www.kristyncrow.com.
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Dan Krall is an animator by day and a picture book illustrator by night. His first book is Being a Pig is Nice: A Child’s-Eye View of Manners, written by Sally Lloyd-Jones. He lives in California.