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It's cookie time with Pete and his friends in this zany picture book! Pete the Cat is baking cookies, but when he sees his friends playing outside, he wishes the baking would just hurry up, so he builds an invention...
BEHOLD! The Cookie-O-Matic! It's cool, it's groovy, it's fantastic!
The machine bakes a lot of cookies--and fast. But what happens when the cookies spin out of control and ROLL out the door? Will Pete catch the cookies before playtime ends?
Find out in this delicious cookie chase story where Pete the Cat is serving up sweets with a side of patience and friendship.
PreS-Gr 3--The latest title in the "Pete the Cat" series finds Pete baking cookies for the annual Cookie Fest, but it's taking too long! He wants to go outside and play with his friends, so to hurry things up, Pete invents the Cookie-O-Matic. Dump in sugar, chips, and dough, then twist a dial and push a button, and the cookies begin to bake. But something goes wrong. The Cookie-O-Matic starts to shake and KA-BOOM! Cookies start flying everywhere, rolling out the door, and covering everything, so Pete scrambles to fix his invention while his friends help clean up the cookies. Dean's boldly colored illustrations move the story forward and complement the short, rhyming narrative text. Pete the Cat was inspired by the author's real-life rescue cat, Pete. Twenty years ago, Dean, an artist, began painting pictures of his cat, published them in an art book, and the "Pete the Cat" series began. Eighty-seven books later, it's still popular among young readers. VERDICT A playfully sweet addition to a beloved series, recommended for early reader and picture book collections.--Cheryl Blevens
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James Dean is the #1 New York Times bestselling creator and illustrator of Pete the Cat. He is a self-taught artist originally from Fort Payne, Alabama. He published his first book, The Misadventures of Pete the Cat, a history of his artwork, in 2006, and he illustrated his first children’s book, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, in 2008. There are now dozens of published Pete the Cat titles, all inspired by James’s real-life rescue pet.
