"Kat Kong" by Dav Pilkey

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"Kat Kong" by Dav Pilkey was one a book I couldn?t resist picking up when I saw it at the bookstore. The front of this book has a black cat spread rising above a small painted city. By black cat I mean an actual photograph of a cat in a pose that makes him look like King Kong clutching a mouse in each paw. Apparently Dav in addition to being a children's book author also is the proud parent of three mice: Flash, Rabies and Dwayne, and a cat named Blueberry. One day Dav got a brilliant idea. To make a movie using all of his animals. What he did was make a children's book version of the movie King Kong, with all of the characters being played by his mice, and the role of King Kong being played by his cat Blueberry. The entire set is done in photographic collage and then are painted using heavy acrylic paint. What you get is an animated background with pictures of his animals cropped in. the book is absolutely fantastic to look at. The actual story line is the same as the movie King Kong, abridged to fit in a twenty page picture book and starring mice and a cat instead of people and a giant ape. I highly recommend picking this book up. In addition to being a great children's book it would be a hilarious gift for any adults in your life who love King Kong. When I saw this book for the first time literally could not stop laughing. Dav Pilkey is also the author of the book "Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis". You can purchase both "Kat Kong" and "Dog Breath" at your favorite local bookstore or online at Amazon.com

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