Product Description

Hooo-ray! Meowie Wowie! Glug Glug Glug and Glig Glig Glig! Introducing the first superhero for babies and toddlers! Marrying comic book with board book into a format just the right size to fill a lap, Supercat chronicles the super adventures of Supercat, who flies from his home in the Milky Way to make the world safe for blankies. With sidekick Super Mouse, Super Phone, Super Milk, and the Cow Who Jumps Over the Moon, Supercat is all set to rescue babies everywhere. Blanket lost? Baby refuses to put on pajamas?? Too many tears to go to bed No problem-Supercat knows just what to do. Funny, fast-moving, thoroughly charming, and adorable, Supercat is high entertainment for the youngest audience, and just as much fun for the parents who will be doing the reading. Kate McMullan's sweet story is full of comic-book style, of "Super!" this and "Super!" that, "Oof!" and "Zooooop-zip!" And Pascal Lemaitre's illustration, is inventive, expressive, energetic, and colorful. The collaboration has everything to catch a baby's or toddler's imagination and get parents to fall in love with bedtime reading all over again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #963472 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Board book
• 32 pages

From Publishers Weekly
"Meowie Wowie!" Supercat by Kate McMullan, illus. by Pascal Lematre, possibly the first board-book superhero for babies and toddlers, is out to "[make] the world safe for blankies." In comic-strip style, the oblong paper-over-board book features the fearless feline, armed with plenty of Super Milk. Colorful pen-and-ink drawings illustrate the action, in which Supercat proves that he is faster than a falling baby elephant, more powerful than a missing blankie and able to get a hippo into pajamas in a single bound. Ages 1-4.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-With her constant companion, Super Mouse, her super cell phone, and "plenty of super milk," Supercat is all set to help "babies in trouble." After taking off from the Milky Way on the cow that jumped over the moon, the red-caped feline crusader is the answer to any parent's prayer. She and her mouse pal help several frantic folks by locating a lost blankie, putting pajamas on a reluctant young hippo, and calming a sobbing baby elephant. After each call for assistance, Supercat exclaims, "Meowie Wowie! A job for Supercat!" followed by "Glug Glug Glug" while she drinks her bovine beverage to re-energize her super powers. She's a kind cat with a good heart, but the repetition of the word "super" and the endless exclamation points wear thin after a few pages. The format, a long, narrow board book, appears to be intended for preschoolers, but the small, panel illustrations, with two or three vignettes to a page, will be lost on them. In spite of the brightly colored pictures, reminiscent of James Stevenson's work, this title is an additional purchase at best.
Maryann H. Owen, Racine Public Library, WI
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Back Cover
MEOWIE WOWIE! A JOB FOR SUPERCAT AND HIS TRUSTY FRIENDSHere at Last! A Superhero Who Understands Babies!

Customer Reviews

Wonderful illustrations and adorable story
The illustrations in this book are just fabulous! They are intricate - the more you look, the more things you find. They carry story characters, even the smallest little characters (and there are several) from frame to frame, page to page. It is great fun to visually follow all of the characters through the story.

Plus, the written story is wonderful. This is the kind of book that you buy for yourself but end up giving copies to family and friends, because you want THEM to enjoy the feeling of discovery that you felt when first viewing the book.

This is one of the more uniquely written and illustrated board books you will ever see.

My new favorite baby book
I received 4 copies of Goodnight Moon, but recommend Supercat as MY new favorite gift book. Very fun and original. Can't wait to get the 2nd book!

Supercat Saves The Day
"Supercat" is an action-packed book solving common toddler/parent dilemmas in a comical and humorous way. Looking for blankie, the struggle to put on pajamas and unexplained crying are each situations parents are all too familiar with. Supercat will definately save your day.

Supercat lives beyond the pages of this book. I apply his enthusiasm and creative tactics to my parenting style each day. Supercat's super tickle strategy is my favorite. We love the the jingle at the end and can't wait for the sequel.