FICTION

Pete the Cat: and the Bedtime Blues

by James Kimberly Dean DEAN
illus. by James Dean. 40p. (Pete the Cat). HarperCollins/Harper. Oct. 2015. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780062304308; lib. ed. $18.89. ISBN 9780062304315.
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PreS-Gr 1—Pete the Cat returns, along with some friends, in this amusing bedtime tale. After a day of sun and surfing at the beach, the friends are reluctant for the fun to end. They head to Pete's for a sleepover. There's plenty of chatter and pizza, but a tired Pete gets the blues—he just wants some shut-eye! The logical cure is a bedtime story, which eventually lulls his friends to sleep.
VERDICT Fans of the groovy blue cat will enjoy the familiar melodic words and repetition. A solid addition.
Reviewed by Kaitlin Connors, Virginia Beach Public Library
After a day of surfing, cat Pete invites three animal friends to his house for a sleepover, but their various bedtime habits harsh his mellow ("This cool cat needs to go to bed!"). The ending is something of a snore, but the jazzy illustrations play to this series' conceit: Pete is a too-cool-for-school feline who's a pussycat at heart.
 , Jun 01, 2015

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