By Satoshi Kitamura http://www.satoshiland.com/
Published Farrar Straus Giroux Ney York, 1999
ISBN 0-374-34906-1
Annotation:
A young boy tells the story of switching bodies with his cat for a day and the adventures that proceed.
Personal Reaction:
I first heard this book read by the Actor Elijah Wood on the Screen Actors Guild Storyline Online site. After that I have made it a staple in my read aloud program for both the older grades and the younger ones. Who doesn't love a good body switch story! Funny entertaining, whimsical. In my youth it was Tom Hanks in Big, now we have new versions of Freaky Friday and 17 again. Its classic and fun. I like how in this picture book the words refer to the pictures to add humor. For example, when the boy says mom stopped him from eating his breakfast, the illustration shows the boy eating from the cat bowl and the cat, who is the boy watching, sitting there in bewilderment. I also find the boys reflection and calm acceptance of his situation refreshingly intelligent, he reflects a cats life is as complicated as a humans.
Black ink and watercolor
SAG Reading by Elijah Wood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4xpp7j0_Yg
Oakland Public Library, Main Branch
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