••••• •• CLICK HERE FOR UPCOMING FALL, 2009 NICK BRUEL EVENTS! •• Hot on the heels of "BAD KITTY" winning the 2008 Volunteer State Book Award in Tennessee and "WHO IS MELVIN BUBBLE?" winning the 2009 Picture Book of the Year in North Carolina, Nick will be visiting those two states in Early November. Go to the Events Page to see if he'll be appearing at a store near you!
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I'm pleased to announce that "BAD KITTY GETS A BATH" has been awarded a 2009 GRYPHON HONOR for transitional reading by THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS at the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. For more information, go HERE.
• “Just plain hysterical. . . . Fun for all, especially fans.” —Kirkus Reviews • "Laugh-out-loud funny."—Publishers Weekly • "A frenzied fusion of fiction and nonfiction with plenty of appeal for young readers."—School Library Journal
• If you're going to have a birthday, then you have to have a birthday party. And if you're going to have a birthday party, then you'll have to invite guests. That's how we meet BigKitty, The Twin Kitties, Chatty Kitty, Stinky Kitty, Pretty Kitty, and StrangeKitty. Puppy is there, too, and we'll even meet Mama Kitty. With all of these new characters to meet, no wonder it took 160 pages to tell the complete tale of...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BAD KITTY
There are LOTS of illustrations for the younger readers, LOTS of humor and non-fiction for the older readers featuring good ol' Uncle Murray, and LOTS of action and surprises on every page for even the most reluctant of readers.
Have you ever heard Of the Little Red Bird Who lived in a cage Made of gold?
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She had all she could need She had water and seed And plenty to read I've been told.
Pictures
lavender-lit are a marvelous fit for this story that’s told all in
rhyme. When you choose your own way, there’s a price you must pay— it’s
a quandary as old as all time.
••April 15, 2008 Kirkus Reviews
Bruel, author
of Bad Kitty (2005), does a good job of spinning a rather sophisticated theme
in a kid-friendly manner, inviting children to ponder the bird's dilemma with a
repeated refrain: “I wonder what YOU would do?”
••April 15, 2008 Booklist
In Bruel’s frequent cartoon scenes and vignettes, the players display a
supple solidity as they smile, scowl or look confused according to
their assigned roles.
•• KIRKUS REVIEW
Bruel does such a masterful job of depicting the blobby cast that early-reader graduates
can’t help but break out in giggles.
