Pop Hooper's Perfect Pets Book 1: Scruffy Old Cat
By Kyle Mewburn and Heath McKenzie
ISBN13: 9781921272752
RRP $12.99
Recommended Readership: 6+ years
Synopsis
What happens when you wish for a perfect pet, but end up with a perfect nuisance?
Lily's feeling lonely. Since she started ballet, she never goes out to tplay in case she messes up her clothes. And now her friends call her "Princess Lily". If only Lily could find Fluffy, her dream pet, then she wouldn't be lonely anymore. But what happens when magical Pop Hooper suggests Lily looks after a smelly, scruffy cat called Sardine for one night, in return for Pop finding Lily her pefect pet...?
About the Author
'Kyle Mewburn lives in a house with a roof made of grass, in the middle of nowhere in the far shouth of New Zealand's South Island. Kyle once had a pet rooster called Oscar. Oscar was more of a pecky pet than a pesky pet. He'd peck anything that looked like a worm, even shoelaces! He used to perch on Kyle's shoulder and pack Kyle's eyelashes every time he blinked. Luckily for Kyle, he was a good shot.'
Kyle Mewburn was born in Brisbane, Australia. He completed his Bachelor of Business at the Queensland Institute of Technology. Mewburn travelled in Europe and the Middle East before settling in New Zealand in 1990.
Journalist, copywriter, novelist and award-winning picture-book author, Kyle's professional experience covers the entire gamut of literary styles and genres - from fiction to non-fiction, fact to fantasy.
Mewburn has been a full-time writer since 1997. Prior to that his resume includes time spent as journalist, EFL teacher, Environment Centre manager, dishwasher, interviewer, traffic surveyor, apple-picker, machine operator and Kibbutzink.
He won the third Joy Cowley Award in 2005, presented by Storylines Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand for the development of a picture book text. Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! won both the Best Picture Book AND Children's Choice Awards ar the 2007 NZ Post awards. He was also shortlisted in 2009 for Duck's Stuck.
His other publications include The Hopplelop (Scholastic, 2004) and The Bear in the Room Next Door (Scholastic, 2006).
Kyle Mewburn lives in Central Otago.
About the Artist
'Heath McKenzie lives in Melbourse, Australia, in a slightly cracked and rotted weatherboard house which he loves. His favourite animals are elephants and bees. he thinks an elephant crossed with a bee would be the best animal ever. Heath owns a little dog called Ed, who enjoys sneaking into bedrooms and then running around madly with any stray clothes he can find - preferably sock and underpants!'
Heath McKenzie is a best-selling illustrator and designer from Melbourne. He Illustrates children's books, magazines and novels.
Review
I really liked how Lily thought she knew what her perfect kitten would be like and even though Scruffy was nothing like her perfect kitten, in the end she wanted to keep Scruffy. She even begged Pop Hooper to be able to keep him!
This is a great story and the pictures are really cool too. I'm definitely going to read this book again and again!
Reviewed by: Satine (aged 6)
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