Bad Kitty Goes to the Vet (Bad Kitty Black-and-White Edition)

by Nick Bruel (Author)

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.

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Kirkus Reviews

Even a brush with death (or a bad tooth) can’t reform this Bad Kitty. Good thing. We’d miss her!

School Library Journal

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 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Nick Bruel
Nick Bruel is the author and illustrator of the phenomenally successful Bad Kitty series, including the 2012 and 2013 CBC Children's Choice Book Award winners Bad Kitty Meets the Baby and Bad Kitty for President. He has also written and illustrated popular picture books including Who is Melvin Bubble? and Bob and Otto. Nick lives with his wife and daughter in Westchester, New York.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781596439771
Lexile Measure
600
Guided Reading Level
Q
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication date
January 20, 2016
Series
Bad Kitty Black-and-White Edition
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002050 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Cats
Library of Congress categories
Humorous stories
Cats
Veterinarians
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Humor / General
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Cats
Bad Kitty

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