Buster Cat Goes Out

by Joanna Cole, Rose Mary Berlin

Bored and lonely all day in his apartment when his owner goes to work, Buster sneaks into the apartment building elevator one morning and has the adventure of his life.

Genres: Childrens, Cats

24 pages, Hardcover

First published March 26, 1989

About the author

Joanna Cole, who also wrote under the pseudonym B. J. Barnet, was an author of children’s books who teaches science.

She is most famous as the author of The Magic School Bus series of children's books. Joanna Cole wrote over 250 books ranging from her first book Cockroach to her famous series Magic School Bus.

Cole was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby East Orange. She loved science as a child, and had a teacher she says was a little like Ms. Frizzle. She attended the University of Massachusetts and Indiana University before graduating from the City College of New York with a B.A. in psychology. After some graduate education courses, she spent a year as a librarian in a Brooklyn elementary school. Cole subsequently became a letters correspondent at Newsweek, and then a senior editor for Doubleday Books for Young Readers.

Reviews

[Little Seesaw · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is about Buster a cat who lives in an apartment building. When his owner goes to work hr sneaks out for an adventure.

[Olivia Brooks-scrivanich · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buster Cat Goes out is an adorable little story that should be read to your sons and daughters. Although the tale is simple enough, it is profound in that it discuses isolation, feeling left out, and the need to be with those you love.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a somewhat cute story about irresponsible cat ownership. How much mores have changed in twenty-five years!