Product Description

Ralph a very very nasty cat finally sees the error of his ways - or does he?. Designed to suit any budget. Satisfaction ensured.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #329683 in Books
• Brand: Houghton Mifflin
• Published on: 1980-01-22
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .21" h x 8.23" w x 7.38" l, .38 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Review
"Rotten Ralph . . . is irresistible." (Publishers Weekly )

Ingram
Ralph, a very, very, nasty cat, finally sees the error of his ways--or does he?.

About the Author
Jack Gantos: "While I was in college, I began writing stories about animals. When I first met Nicole Rubel she was a painting student... We had a friend who thought we had a similar sense of humor. So we teamed up and began working together on picture books ... At first I thought children's books had to be sweet, warm, and gentle ... After [several] failures, I was very frustrated. Then I remembered what one of my teachers told me. He said, 'You should write about what you know:' I was sitting at my desk and I looked down on the floor and saw my lousy, grumpy, hissing creep of a cat that loved to scratch my ankles, throw fur around the house, and shred the clothes in my closet. So I wrote the first draft of Rotten Ralph." Jack Gantos lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Author and illustrator Nicole Rubel has a degree in fine arts from the Boston Museum School and has taught ceramics, silk screening, and mural design to children. Booklist has described her artwork as "busy, brightly colored paintings, done in child appealing primitive style, filled with subtle, humorous touches." Ms. Rubel lives in West Linn, Oregon, with her husband and parrot.