How to Give Your Cat a Bath by Nicola Winstanley

How to Give Your Cat a Bath by Nicola Winstanley

In this hilarious and clever "how-to," a little girl and a know-it-all narrator are thwarted by a cat who refuses to take a bath. The perfect read-aloud for fans of Snappsy the Alligator and Interrupting Chicken.

Step one: fill the bath
Step two: put the cat in the bath
Step three: put shampoo on the cat
Step four: rinse the cat
Step five: dry the cat

Seems simple, right? One problem: the cat has no intention of doing ANY of these things! Watch as the steps keep changing, the cat keeps escaping, the girl keeps eating cookies and the mess keeps escalating. Soon it's not just the cat who needs a bath--it's the whole house!

This spoof on an instruction manual features an increasingly bewildered human, a nonchalant cat and a know-it-all narrator . . . who really doesn't know it all. How DO you give a cat a bath? Read on to find out!

Nicola Winstanley has always believed in the power of stories to bring comfort. So when her toddler Sam started making nighttime travels, she would tuck him back under his covers and tell him a story that let him know how much his bed needed him. (Now bed is his favorite place and she can't get him up in the morning, but he still loves stories... ) Nicola's previous book, Cinnamon Baby, won an honor prize for the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer award and was shortlisted for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book award.

Matt James is a painter, illustrator and musician. His books have won many prestigious awards, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the New Mexico Book Award and the Governor General's Award. Matt lives in Toronto with his family.

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ISBN 13	9780735263543
ISBN 10	073526354X
Title	How to Give Your Cat a Bath
Author	Nicola Winstanley
Series	How To Cat Bks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Prentice Hall Press
Year published	2019-01-22
Number of pages	40
Prizes	Short-listed for Governor General's Literary Awards - Children's Literature - Illustration 2019, Short-listed for Hamilton Literary Award 2020, Short-listed for Shining Willow Award 2020, Nominated for Illinois State Library Monarch Award 2020, Nominated for North Carolina Children's Book Award 2023, Nominated for The Joan Betty Stuchner - Oy Vey! - Funniest Children's Book Award 2021
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