The King Cat

Name: The King Cat
Brand: Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781529045086
Price: 17.99 NZD
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By Marta Altés

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Meet a cat who is the king of his house, until something terrible happens! Someone else arrives and they are dribbly and disgusting. Will King Cat ever get used to having a dog around? The King Cat is a brilliantly observed, fantastically funny story about friendship, compromise and adjusting to change, from award-winning author-illustrator Marta Altés.
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Meet a cat who is the king of his house, until something terrible happens! Someone else arrives and they are dribbly and disgusting. Will King Cat ever get used to having a dog around?

The King Cat is a brilliantly observed, fantastically funny story about friendship, compromise and adjusting to change, from the award-winning author-illustrator Marta Altés. Perfect for families about to welcome a new baby – and cat and dog lovers alike.

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An engaging, skillfully illustrated picture book. School Librarian
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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529045086

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 May 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Contributors:

Illustrated by Marta Altés
Illustrated by Marta Altés

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 224.0mm

Height: 282.0mm

Weight: 180g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Marta Altés

About the Author

Marta Altés is the award-winning creator of My Grandpa, I Am An Artist! and My New Home. She loves to tell stories and her love of illustration saw her study for a degree in Graphic Design in Barcelona. Marta moved to the UK to study for an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University (the best decision she ever made!) and graduated in 2011. Since then she has seen her books translated into many different languages. My Grandpa won the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honour in the US and I Am An Artist! was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She's also won the Read It Again! Award and the Nottingham Children's Book Award and her first book No! was shortlisted for the Peoples Book Prize and the Waterstones Picture Book Prize. Marta lives in London.

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