30 // The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's (the Hard Way) / Patrick McDonnell

The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's (the Hard Way) / Patrick McDonnell

• Little Brown and Co.

• 2017

• "It starts with an ALLIGATOR and a BEAR chasing a CAT. When a DRAGON (and a chicken and an egg!) join in pursuit, things start to get REALLY interesting. A wild and wacky chase through snow and ice, and to jungles and over mountaintops, leads the whole crew to a wonderful realization: They're better off as friends." - From Amazon

• Concept ABC book - but also wordless book for readers to tell their own story from.

• The was SO MUCH HUMOR in this wordless book! I was chuckling all the way through and I can imagine children being in fits of giggles over many of these illustrations - particularly when the story got to "E" - the Chicken laying an Egg in surprise was hysterical. There were other playful elements I really loved, like the N and O spreads, stretching out to spell "NnnnnnOooooo" as the animals fall off a cliff. It was also challenging trying to figure out what on each page was representing the letter given. Thankfully there was a key in the back to confirm each letter!