Splat the Cat: What Was That?

I must admit I am not a big Splat the Cat fan. I feel the stories are mass produced and a bit boring. The art is the only saving grace in my opinion. BUT who cares about my opinion. My children obviously don't. It's December and I am still reading this Halloween themed book with my kids.

As an adult I don't like pop up window books that have no theme or purpose to the pop ups. This book is one that falls under this category. Some of the windows are almost the size of the page and it seems like they should have just put the reveal on a new page instead of hiding it under clunky over sized windows. But again... WHO CARES! My kids love it.

There are other annoyances. Like Seymour's wailing comes through a gramophone he is sitting on. HOW is that even possible I want to scream... But I don't because my kids are screaming out loud with laughter. Despite so many annoyances, my kids (ages 3 and 5) both love this book. So I have to give it four stars. I see me reading this long into the Winter.

This review was told to me by my 7 year old daughter. "I liked the book because it's scary and my favorite animal is a cat. And what I really like about Splat the Cat is his little mice friend and they actually get along. And even though they are supposed to be chasing each other because cats eat mice and rats".

I am a collector of Splat books and this one is one of the best yet! I get my kids in my class, addicted to them, so at the end of the year they too are collecting them too. Can't have too many.

Another open the flap book....how do I keep missing that in the descriptions before I buy it? My girls love the Splat the Cat stories, and they love Halloween. I, however, do not like open the flap books, so this book hasn't really been the Halloween hit I thought it would be.

Open the flap books are fun for the first few readings, but my girls love to reread books over and over and over again. The flap opening on every single page gets slightly annoying after a few reads. It feels like too much of an interruption to the story, and with my younger daughter (3 1/2), the flaps are difficult for her to lift sometimes, and that results in torn, ripped and awkwardly folded flaps after a few reads.

I'm also not a big fan of the story in this one. Most of the book is pages filled with nothing but cheesy sound effects. I prefer books with a stronger storyline or detailed plot. I think my girls do too because they don't pick this one up nearly as often as the other new Halloween books I set out for this year.

My son adores following the adventures of Splat the Cat. We preorder each title as it is released. Rob Scotton never disappoints.

Younger kids will enjoy the misadventures of Splat especially during the Halloween season. My 4 year-old grandson loves it. Fun.

Buy these for my grandsons. They love anything with Splat. They like to turn off the lights and read with a flashlight.

My 4.5 year old loves this book! He likes that it has flaps on every page, I do have to tone it down a bit for the ghost as he gets a little scared, but you can never go wrong with splat! we read it at least 2x week.

Cute kids story--Grandkids loved hearing it time and again!

My 3 year old son loves this book. It's just scary enough to keep him engaged but not scary enough to actually frighten him :) Cute surprise ending too.