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Red Cat White Cat
Easy-to-read rhymes and a hilarious collection of cavorting cats in some wild and wacky predicaments help young readers understand the idea of opposites.
24 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1994
About the author
Peter Mandel
46 books2 followersPeter Mandel is an adventure travel journalist and the author of ten children's books including the new ZOO AH-CHOOOO (Holiday House) and JACKHAMMER SAM (Macmillan/Roaring Brook). Mandel's books have come out from Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Penguin, Scholastic, Henry Holt, and Hyperion, among others, and have been featured in USA Today, and on ABC's "The Home Show."
His titles have been part of exhibits at the Museum of Natural History in New York, at the Smithsonian, and at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish and Danish. Mandel's work is syndicated through Featurewell.com. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife, Kathy, and cats, Sam and Betty. Mandel grew up in Manhattan and graduated from Middlebury College and Brown University.
Mandel's newest picture books for kids are ZOO AH-CHOOOO (Holiday House), illustrated by Elwood Smith, and JACKHAMMER SAM (Macmillan/Roaring Brook), illustrated by David Catrow. "If a new Walt Whitman broke up sidewalks with a jackhammer," says The Chicago Tribune, "this is exactly what his 'Song of Myself' would be." "Like New York City itself," says Publishers Weekly, "Sam is wonderful and overwhelming, rattling and mesmerizing."
BUN, ONION, BURGER, published by Simon & Schuster in 2010, was named a Summer 2010 Children's INDIE NEXT PICK by the American Booksellers Association. His other recent kids' books include PLANES AT THE AIRPORT and BOATS ON THE RIVER, both from Scholastic. The Boston Globe calls them "a great way to introduce the idea of travel in simple terms." The Dallas Morning News lauds the books for "informing and calming very young travelers" and School Library Journal says that "spare phrases combined with bold graphic illustrations will entice busy toddlers" and that "a singsong text suitable for reading aloud makes these titles entertaining choices." Other positive reviews of PLANES AT THE AIRPORT and BOATS ON THE RIVER have appeared in Publishers Weekly and Booklist.
Another picture book, SAY HEY! A SONG OF WILLIE MAYS, came out from Hyperion Books for Children in March of 2001 and was named a Boston Globe "Quick Pick" for children, a Child magazine recommended title, a San Francisco Examiner "Bay City Best" and a featured book in USA Today's Sports Weekly. SAY HEY! is one of six titles selected for the newly published JUMP AT THE SUN TREASURY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PICTURE BOOKS and is featured in the "Baseball as America" exhibit curated by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and currently at the Museum of Natural History in New York.
His chapter book for children is MY OCEAN LINER: ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC ON THE GREAT SHIP NORMANDIE from Stemmer House, which Publishers Weekly called "a voyage in grand style" and which was featured on a special family sailing on Cunard's QE2. RED CAT, WHITE CAT, another children's book, came out in 1995 from Henry Holt & Co. and was an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists," a Kirkus Reviews "Best of the Issue," and a Working Mother magazine recommended book. In 1991, HarperCollins published his humorous book, THE OFFICIAL CAT I.Q. TEST. His more recent books include THE CAT DICTIONARY (Penguin) and THE OFFICIAL DOG I.Q. TEST (Bonus Books).
Mandel has published his articles and essays in Harper's, Reader's Digest, The Los Angeles Times, The International Herald Tribune, Budget Travel and The Chicago Tribune, and is a regular contributor to the travel sections of The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Huffington Post/AOL and National Geographic 'Kids.' One of his Boston Globe articles won the 2005 Lowell Thomas gold award from the Society of American Travel Writers for adventure travel article of the year. Other articles, for The Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun, won Lowell Thomas Awards in 2003, 2006 and 2007. One of his essays is included in the new anthology of travel humor published by Travelers' Tales: "What Color is Your Jockstr
His titles have been part of exhibits at the Museum of Natural History in New York, at the Smithsonian, and at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish and Danish. Mandel's work is syndicated through Featurewell.com. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife, Kathy, and cats, Sam and Betty. Mandel grew up in Manhattan and graduated from Middlebury College and Brown University.
Mandel's newest picture books for kids are ZOO AH-CHOOOO (Holiday House), illustrated by Elwood Smith, and JACKHAMMER SAM (Macmillan/Roaring Brook), illustrated by David Catrow. "If a new Walt Whitman broke up sidewalks with a jackhammer," says The Chicago Tribune, "this is exactly what his 'Song of Myself' would be." "Like New York City itself," says Publishers Weekly, "Sam is wonderful and overwhelming, rattling and mesmerizing."
BUN, ONION, BURGER, published by Simon & Schuster in 2010, was named a Summer 2010 Children's INDIE NEXT PICK by the American Booksellers Association. His other recent kids' books include PLANES AT THE AIRPORT and BOATS ON THE RIVER, both from Scholastic. The Boston Globe calls them "a great way to introduce the idea of travel in simple terms." The Dallas Morning News lauds the books for "informing and calming very young travelers" and School Library Journal says that "spare phrases combined with bold graphic illustrations will entice busy toddlers" and that "a singsong text suitable for reading aloud makes these titles entertaining choices." Other positive reviews of PLANES AT THE AIRPORT and BOATS ON THE RIVER have appeared in Publishers Weekly and Booklist.
Another picture book, SAY HEY! A SONG OF WILLIE MAYS, came out from Hyperion Books for Children in March of 2001 and was named a Boston Globe "Quick Pick" for children, a Child magazine recommended title, a San Francisco Examiner "Bay City Best" and a featured book in USA Today's Sports Weekly. SAY HEY! is one of six titles selected for the newly published JUMP AT THE SUN TREASURY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PICTURE BOOKS and is featured in the "Baseball as America" exhibit curated by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and currently at the Museum of Natural History in New York.
His chapter book for children is MY OCEAN LINER: ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC ON THE GREAT SHIP NORMANDIE from Stemmer House, which Publishers Weekly called "a voyage in grand style" and which was featured on a special family sailing on Cunard's QE2. RED CAT, WHITE CAT, another children's book, came out in 1995 from Henry Holt & Co. and was an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists," a Kirkus Reviews "Best of the Issue," and a Working Mother magazine recommended book. In 1991, HarperCollins published his humorous book, THE OFFICIAL CAT I.Q. TEST. His more recent books include THE CAT DICTIONARY (Penguin) and THE OFFICIAL DOG I.Q. TEST (Bonus Books).
Mandel has published his articles and essays in Harper's, Reader's Digest, The Los Angeles Times, The International Herald Tribune, Budget Travel and The Chicago Tribune, and is a regular contributor to the travel sections of The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Huffington Post/AOL and National Geographic 'Kids.' One of his Boston Globe articles won the 2005 Lowell Thomas gold award from the Society of American Travel Writers for adventure travel article of the year. Other articles, for The Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun, won Lowell Thomas Awards in 2003, 2006 and 2007. One of his essays is included in the new anthology of travel humor published by Travelers' Tales: "What Color is Your Jockstr
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September 14, 2008
Title: Red Cat White Cat
Author: Peter Mandel
Illustrator: Clare Mackie
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
Pub. Date: 1994
Genre: Concept Picture Book
Grades K-1
This book is about opposites. It is well illustrated with cats doing opposites. For example, one page a cat is red and on the opposite page the cat is white. One cat is in day time, and the other cat is in night time. One cat is in the box, and the other cat is out of the box.
Activities:
1. Opposite Face Off. Students will be grouped with a partner. One student will say a word, and the other student will say an opposite. The students can see how many opposites can be named in a one minute time limit. Then give students the opportunity to trade roles.
2. Students will make an opposite book. Students will fold a sheet of paper in half. The student will draw something, and then draw the opposite on the other side of the paper.
Author: Peter Mandel
Illustrator: Clare Mackie
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
Pub. Date: 1994
Genre: Concept Picture Book
Grades K-1
This book is about opposites. It is well illustrated with cats doing opposites. For example, one page a cat is red and on the opposite page the cat is white. One cat is in day time, and the other cat is in night time. One cat is in the box, and the other cat is out of the box.
Activities:
1. Opposite Face Off. Students will be grouped with a partner. One student will say a word, and the other student will say an opposite. The students can see how many opposites can be named in a one minute time limit. Then give students the opportunity to trade roles.
2. Students will make an opposite book. Students will fold a sheet of paper in half. The student will draw something, and then draw the opposite on the other side of the paper.
September 2, 2009
Aw, looks like this is out of print. Check it out of the library if you can- the illustrations are a knock-out! Love love love them! Simple opposites book, but a joy to read due to the illustrations. Ah, the power of the pictures...
February 17, 2009
So the book is pretty simple rhymes of opposites, but it's the artwork that makes this one special. The cats have so much personality, and the pages are beautifully designed.
February 25, 2009
Cute opposites book
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews