That Curious Thing

    That Curious Thing

    By Chris Raschka

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    A delightful middle grade adventure by two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka about good, evil, and cats. Generously illustrated with black-and-white illustrations.When a twelve-year-old girl...

    A delightful middle grade adventure by two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka about good, evil, and cats. Generously illustrated with black-and-white illustrations.

    When a twelve-year-old girl named Cleo and her cat, Muffin, become the newest members of PURR (Peace Urgently Requires Reasonableness), a secret society of cats fighting for peace, they aren’t exactly sure what they’re getting themselves into. Then, PURR discovers that KLAW (Cats Loving Awful Warfare), an evil secret society of cats, is planning to send dogs to space for ransom. PURR tasks ... Read More

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    A delightful middle grade adventure by two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka about good, evil, and cats. Generously illustrated with black-and-white illustrations.When a twelve-year-old girl...

    A delightful middle grade adventure by two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka about good, evil, and cats. Generously illustrated with black-and-white illustrations.

    When a twelve-year-old girl named Cleo and her cat, Muffin, become the newest members of PURR (Peace Urgently Requires Reasonableness), a secret society of cats fighting for peace, they aren’t exactly sure what they’re getting themselves into. Then, PURR discovers that KLAW (Cats Loving Awful Warfare), an evil secret society of cats, is planning to send dogs to space for ransom. PURR tasks ... Read More
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    A delightful middle grade adventure by two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka about good, evil, and cats. Generously illustrated with black-and-white illustrations.

    When a twelve-year-old girl named Cleo and her cat, Muffin, become the newest members of PURR (Peace Urgently Requires Reasonableness), a secret society of cats fighting for peace, they aren’t exactly sure what they’re getting themselves into. Then, PURR discovers that KLAW (Cats Loving Awful Warfare), an evil secret society of cats, is planning to send dogs to space for ransom. PURR tasks Cleo to infiltrate KLAW as a secret spy so together they can stop them. It will take the intelligence, confidence, and tenacity of a feline to save the world from KLAW’s evil plans. Does Cleo have what it takes? 

    Includes gorgeous black-and-white watercolors by two-time Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka.

    Details
    • Pages: 312
    • Publisher: HarperCollins
    • Imprint: Michael di Capua Books
    • Publication Date: 17th September 2024
    • ISBN: 9780062858290
    Reviews

    “Eclectic characters, spot art in the creator’s signature smudgy style, plentiful cleverly imagined or screwball tangents and asides…make for an archly comical, occasionally woolly fantasy novel by Raschka.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

    “The terrifically surreal story is an outlandish delight, chock-full of high jinks and hilarious history. . . . The quick pace and unconventional illustrations will capture readers’ attention easily.” — Michael di Capua

    Author Bio

    Chris Raschka is the creator of many distinguished and award-winning books for children. He has received two Caldecott Medals—one for The Hello, Goodbye Window, written by Norton Juster, and one for his own A Ball for Daisy. He also received a Caldecott Honor for Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka was the US nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2012 and 2016 and has been awarded a New York Times Best Illustrated Book citation seven times. He lives in New York City with his family.

    A delightful middle grade adventure by two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka about good, evil, and cats. Generously illustrated with black-and-white illustrations.

    When a twelve-year-old girl named Cleo and her cat, Muffin, become the newest members of PURR (Peace Urgently Requires Reasonableness), a secret society of cats fighting for peace, they aren’t exactly sure what they’re getting themselves into. Then, PURR discovers that KLAW (Cats Loving Awful Warfare), an evil secret society of cats, is planning to send dogs to space for ransom. PURR tasks Cleo to infiltrate KLAW as a secret spy so together they can stop them. It will take the intelligence, confidence, and tenacity of a feline to save the world from KLAW’s evil plans. Does Cleo have what it takes? 

    Includes gorgeous black-and-white watercolors by two-time Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka.

    • Pages: 312
    • Publisher: HarperCollins
    • Imprint: Michael di Capua Books
    • Publication Date: 17th September 2024
    • ISBN: 9780062858290

    “Eclectic characters, spot art in the creator’s signature smudgy style, plentiful cleverly imagined or screwball tangents and asides…make for an archly comical, occasionally woolly fantasy novel by Raschka.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

    “The terrifically surreal story is an outlandish delight, chock-full of high jinks and hilarious history. . . . The quick pace and unconventional illustrations will capture readers’ attention easily.” — Michael di Capua

    Chris Raschka is the creator of many distinguished and award-winning books for children. He has received two Caldecott Medals—one for The Hello, Goodbye Window, written by Norton Juster, and one for his own A Ball for Daisy. He also received a Caldecott Honor for Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka was the US nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2012 and 2016 and has been awarded a New York Times Best Illustrated Book citation seven times. He lives in New York City with his family.