ARC Copy...if you ever own cats and had to have 3 people trying to bath a very naughty kitty you how this is going to go! Cartoony hi-jinks and matching word play on how to bath your cat. Again sure to bring giggles o cat lovers.

Cats are not dogs.

And one normally does not give cats baths, the way you would a dog.

This is a picture book that takes that concept, along with the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie school of distraction, and has fun with it.

The little girl in this fun picture book, is trying to bathe her cat, but loses said cat, needs a cookie, finds cat, needs another cookie, and so on.

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Fun pictures, and fun take on guide books, makes for a humous guidebook to bathing ones cat.

Highly recommended. Would make a great story time book. Kids will also love to reread it for all the things to look at, and the silly concept of the story.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Winstanley's tale of a little girl trying to give her cat a bath is hilarious in all the right ways. Her adventure includes an overflowing bathtub, plenty of cookies, a trashed house, and ends with her learning that her cat can keep itself clean. Martz's illustrations are cute and tell as much of a story as the words. Small children would find this book hilarious.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House - Tundra Books for the opportunity to read an advance reader copy.

I have to give Nicola Winstanley credit here, her book was pretty amusing and I can see <i>loads </i>of kids getting a real kick out of it. <i>How to Give Your Cat a Bath in Five Easy Steps</i> begins with a little girl, her cat, and an empty bathtub. What follows is a multitude of shenanigans all centered around a cat, water, and the lengths with which these fluffballs will go to avoid everything even slightly related to it. And so, of course, five steps aren't even possible, let alone five <i>easy</i> steps. I think anyone who's ever owned a cat before will be well aware of the fact that there is nothing more complicated than giving your cat a bath.

At least, not until you reach the end.

I had a lot of fun reading this book, enjoying the plot and the characters. What I wasn't in love with was the artwork. While the cat was cute and many of the household items were good, the pink hair on the girl was utterly ridiculous and for some reason, I just couldn't get past it. It bugged me so much and I regularly found myself wondering why she didn't have some form of natural hair color. What sort of mother would even let her kid dye her hair entirely pink?

There also wasn't a huge or important message in the story. Nothing about perseverance winning out, but rather seemed to suggest the uselessness of it. While I can understand that there could be a potential message in accepting that some things will just be. And though I find this to be a small criticism of the book, I don't think I would want to change the way it ended, either. Sometimes books don't need an all-important message, I guess.

<i>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</i>

It's really not that hard! But the story is humorous! And I've heard most cats don't like water (mine, happily, does!). This story sort of reminds me of the joke about giving your cat medication! Lol! Illustrations were cute and humorous (not like images the joke I mentioned inspired!). But the kitty in the book does create a considerable amount of havoc to keep the kiddos entertained and laughing!. Funny story!