Tom the TV Cat

by Joan Heilbroner, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator)

Tom the cat becomes fascinated with his owner's new television set and tries to emulate everything that he sees

Genres: Childrens

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Joan Heilbroner is best known for Robert the Rose Horse, published in 1961 and acquired by Dr. Seuss. Inspired by her grandchildren and their pet snake, she wrote A Pet Named Sneaker. A Columbia graduate, she worked as a school librarian until retirement.

Reviews

[Zazie]

This was okay but the ending I didn't like. I thought it would have ended better than it did.

[Dolly]

This is a fun book for beginning readers. Our girls really enjoyed it and I like that it reinforces my mantra that "TV melts your brain." They thought it was pretty funny that Tom would become a zombie in front of the TV and think that he could do whatever it was that he saw on the tube. It's a fun book to read aloud and is perfect for beginning readers.

[Lenora]

I had a cat named tom