Dragon's Fat Cat: An Acorn Book (Dragon #2) - by Dav Pilkey (Paperback)

Dimensions (Overall): 6.8 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inch (W) x .2 Inch (D)
Weight: .2 Pounds
Number of Pages: 64
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Sub-Genre: Readers
Series Title: Dragon
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Author: Dav Pilkey
Age Range: 4-8 Years
Book theme: Beginner
Language: English

About the Book

Originally published: New York: Orchard Books, 1992.

Book Synopsis

From Dav Pilkey, creator of the New York Times bestselling Dog Man and Captain Underpants series, comes Dragon, the heartwarming hero adored by Dav's youngest readers!

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow! When Dragon finds a stray cat in his yard, he brings it inside to escape the cold. He likes living with his new feline friend, but Dragon soon realizes that he doesn't know how to take care of it. He doesn't know how to train the cat, what to feed the cat, and what to do about all the yellow puddles the cat leaves behind! Using his trademark humor and heart, Dav Pilkey illustrates the highs and lows of having a new pet in this tender story about care and responsibility.This Acorn edition contains brand-new bonus content, including story prompts and how-to-draw pages!

From the Back Cover

'Dragon adopts a stray cat and learns by trial and error how to care for it. Once again, our hero... makes a number of mistakes and experiences a range of emotions along the way, and as before, his good heart is rewarded in the end... The Dragon series is fast moving toward that pantheon of children's reading reserved for books that make kids laugh out loud.' - Starred review, Booklist.

Review Quotes

Praise for the Dragon series: * Dragon never disappoints... The series hero is affability incarnate. -- Publishers Weekly, starred reviewSince nothing is actually easy for a beginner to read, what more could we ask for newcomers than the intrinsic reward of a genuinely funny book? Again and again Pilkey delivers. -- BooklistGenuinely warmhearted. -- Kirkus Reviews

About The Author

When DAV PILKEY was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books -- the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. In college, Dav met a teacher who encouraged him to illustrate and write. He won a national competition in 1986 and the prize was the publication of his first book, World War Won. He made many other books before being awarded the 1998 California Young Reader Medal for Dog Breath, which was published in 1994, and in 1997 he won the Caldecott Honor for The Paperboy. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, published in 2002, was the first complete graphic novel spin-off from the Captain Underpants series and appeared at #6 on the USA Today bestseller list for all books, both adult and children's, and was also a New York Times bestseller. It was followed by The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future and Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers, both USA Today bestsellers. The unconventional style of these graphic novels is intended to encourage uninhibited creativity in kids. His stories are semi-autobiographical and explore universal themes that celebrate friendship, tolerance, and the triumph of the good-hearted. Dav loves to kayak in the Pacific Northwest with his wife.