Bad Kitty goes to the vet

Format:

Book

Title:

Bad Kitty goes to the vet

Author:

Bruel, Nick author

ISBN:

9781596439771

9781250103802

9781518221569

9781424266876

9781626725904

9781626725805

9781626725799

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2016.

Physical Description:

138 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Series title(s):

Bad Kitty.

General Note:

"A Neal Porter Book."

Contents:

Poor, sick kitty -- How to take kitty to the vet -- At the vet -- Pussycat paradise -- Home again.

Summary:

"Even the best bad kitties can get sick, and when it happens, it means just one thing: a visit to the vet!"-- Provided by publisher.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.4 1 180096.

Accelerated Reader 3.4.

Personal Subject:

Bad Kitty (Fictitious character from Nick Bruel)

Bad Kitty (Fictitious character from Nick Bruel) (OCoLC)fst01931496

Subject(s):

Cats -- Juvenile fiction.

Veterinarians -- Juvenile fiction.

Cats -- Fiction.

Veterinarians -- Fiction.

Genre:

Humorous fiction, Juvenile.

Holds:

Available:*

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When Kitty is happy and healthy, everything is perfect. She jumps around, eats everything in sight, and has the energy to keep slobbering puppies in their place. But when she's sick, all she can do is lie in her bed. Looks like it's time for this sick kitty to go...to the vet.

When Kitty's family finally manages to get their clawing, angry pet into the doctor's office, it's a wild adventure for Kitty, who has to get the most dreaded thing of all...a shot. Once the shot is administered, Kitty is cast into an ingenious dream within a dream sequence in which she has to make right by Puppy or risk being shut out of PussyCat heaven forever.

This ninth installment of the popular Bad Kitty series from Nick Bruel is chock-full of brilliant supporting characters and, of course, the crankiest bad kitty you've ever seen.

Author Notes

Nick Bruel is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of his published credits include: Clever Duck, The Mouse Family Robinson, Bad Kitty Gets a Bath (Bad Kitty), and Under the Mishmash Trees. He made the New York Times Best Seller list for 2011 with A Bad Kitty Christmas and again in 2013 with his titles Bad Kitty School Daze and Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (4)

School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 3-Kitty looks terrible and she is not eating. When she gets to the vet, she does her best to be bad, but the vet knows how to handle a bad kitty. After a short exam, the vet gives Kitty a shot that, she thinks, means the end-Kitty finds herself waking up in Puppy Paradise because of her poor treatment of dogs on Earth. She is sent back, however, with the warning that the choices she makes in her world can have serious consequences for eternity. There are special conditions that she must honor in order to make it to Pussycat Paradise one day. Uncle Murray's facts, peppered throughout, help cat owners determine if they may have a sick cat. The illustrations are a delightful addition to a hilarious text and add charm and wit to an already beloved character. VERDICT Die-hard fans of this naughty feline will love this new story, and newcomers will be in for a treat. Even the most reluctant reader will have trouble putting this one down.-Wayne R. Cherry, Jr., First Baptist Academy Library, Houston, TX © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

The cantankerous cat returns, here requiring a visit to the vet. Under sedation, Bad Kitty has visions in which she learns that she won't be granted entrance to the afterlife's Pussycat Paradise unless she mends her mean ways with Puppy. The pedestrian story is redeemed by the silly black-and-white cartoons and interspersed "Uncle Murray's Fun Facts," covering veterinary science and pet care. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

Bad Kitty isn't eating? It must be a sign of the apocalypseor worse. Bad Kitty once ate a meatloaf the size of a car in 5 minutes, so if she's not eating, something must be horribly wrong. It's time for a visit to the vetwait, where'd Bad Kitty go? First task: find the kitty. Then don the riot gear to get her into her cat carrier. When the vet (who knows just how to handle her) knocks Bad Kitty out with a shot, she visits the (kitty) Pearly Gates, where the feline St. Peter tells her she tormented Puppy too much to pass through. She's given one day to do something nice for Puppy, or she will be sent to Puppydog Paradise (which is far from idyllic for cats). Can Bad Kitty rescue her afterlife with a kind act for her drooling nemesis? Is it all just a dream? After the homage to Looney Tunes that was Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble (2014), Bruel gives an appreciative nod to Tom and Jerry; it's a lagniappe that Bad Kitty's mobs of young fans may not notice, though their adults will probably get a few chuckles. Kids will just enjoy Uncle Murray's fun facts (all about cat health and visits to the vet this time, of course) and Bad Kitty's ornery behavior; both are as entertaining as ever. Even a brush with death (or a bad tooth) can't reform this Bad Kitty. Good thing. We'd miss her! (Graphic/nonfiction hybrid. 7-10) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

Kitty gets an eschatological warning, not that it does much lasting good. A visit to the vet leads to a sedative-induced glimpse of Pussycat Paradise, where the winged gatekeeper promises that Kitty has 24 hours to perform one unconditionally kind deed for the dog she has tormented for so long, or else hellish Puppydog Paradise, with its eager canine hordes, will be her final destination. Thus challenged, Kitty frantically plies her drooling victim with unwanted gifts and wins redemption at the last moment with a spontaneous, comforting pat on his dim-witted noggin before returning to type by sharing a cream pie in the traditional fashion. Oh, she is a bad kitty. As usual, Bruel casts Kitty's misadventures in easily readable sequences of large and small comic panels, mixed with prose side commentary, dialogue enclosed in balloons, and large sound effects. Readers, at least, will come away with a clearer notion of the difference between giving for selfish reasons and genuine altruism.--Peters, John Copyright 2016 Booklist