All About Cats

by Frantz Wittkamp, Axel Scheffler

All About Cats is a collection of hilarious rhymes . . . all about cats! These short, funny rhymes are brought to life with illustrations from Axel Scheffler, the bestselling illustrator of The Gruffalo.

Cats are sleek, and cats are slick. They read, and do arithmetic!

Have you ever seen a cat playing a piano? Or taking a bubble bath with a rubber duck? Find out what cats really get up to when people aren't around! Axel Scheffler's charming and witty illustrations introduce all kinds of cats – making mischief, playing games, singing songs and out on adventures. This collection of hilarious, quirky poems by Frantz Wittkamp is wonderfully adapted from German to English for the very first time by celebrated children's author David Henry Wilson.

With fourteen delightfully funny short poems, and full-page colour illustrations by Axel Scheffler, the genius illustrator of Room on the Broom, Zog, The Smeds and the Smoos and many more, this collection is sure to entertain children young and old, and is the perfect gift for any cat fan.

20 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 2022

Reviews

[Ioana · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Prietenii noștri pisoi" este una dintre cele mai iubite și citite cărți ale fiicei mele 😻 Scrisă de Frantz Wittkamp, ilustrată de Axel Scheffler și tradusă de Ioana Pârvulescu, lectura își captivează cititorii mari și mici cu versurile în rimă și situațiile care de care mai caraghioase în care sunt surprinse felinele 🐈

Noi o recomandăm cu mare drag, este scurtă, dar reușește să îți picteze câteva zâmbete pe față de fiecare dată când o deschizi 🤍 Este perfectă pentru copiii cu vârsta de 2-5 ani, dar credeți-mă că și adulții o gustă din plin, eu o știu de doi ani pe toată pe de rost 🤭

[Elena Druță · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dacă aveți copilaşi ce iubesc pisicile, vă recomand să le citiți poezioarele din volumul acesta. Bonus - ilustrațiile sunt foarte simpatice.

[Theediscerning · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, cover me in fluff and call me a furball – I didn't think a book illustrated by Axel Scheffler would sit on the 'to be translated' pile for this long, but this late 1990s effort by Frantz Wittkamp is one rare example. It's a simple little thing, more of a fun diversion than anything completely edifying, with four lines of verse and a full-page illustration, all to show one aspect of moggies. So their sleepiness, their family life, their joy at birthday parties, and their piano playing artistic talents all get to be focus, before we move on. It's a pretty, and pretty light-hearted, whimsy, but when that is all that is called for this will serve.

[Catherine Craig (Angelic Light) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a delightful, funny little book about cats, which is told in rhyming verses, with lovely illustrations from the man who illustrated the famous book The Gruffalo. My daughter loved this book, and she thought it was very funny and cute. She loves cats, so she really enjoyed it. I thought the book was very quirky and unique, and it made us both smile.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

[Donna Maguire · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought that this was a lovely book to read! The story was well written and it was easy to read and understand. The illustrations in the book were brilliant and they brought the story to life. My daughter loves all things cats and we have two tabby brothers at home that are just about to turn two so this was a massive hit with her. It is 5 stars from me for this one - very highly recommended - I loved the art work by Axel Scheffler

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars
This delightful little poetry book enumerate all the wonderous things cats are. The whimsical illustrations bring the cats to life.

I read a digital advanced reader's copy courtesy of the publisher.

[Ramona Cantaragiu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute rhymes about cats, but nothing particularly notable.

[Katejay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute 😻