How to Teach Your Cat a Trick: in Five Easy Steps [Hardcover]

In this hilarious and clever follow-up to How to Give Your Cat a Bath, a boy, a dog and a know-it-all narrator are thwarted by a cat who refuses to learn a trick. The perfect read-aloud for fans of Interrupting Chicken.

Step one: Decide on a trick
Step two: Get some treats ready
Step three: Hold the treat in your hand and ask your cat to do the trick
Step four: Watch your cat do exactly what you asked him to do
Step five: Reward your cat for doing the trick
 
Simple, right?
 
This spoof on an instruction manual features an increasingly bewildered human, a nonchalant cat, a very good dog and a know-it-all narrator . . . who really doesn't know it all. How DO you teach a cat a trick? Read on to find out! [A]n air of classic Sunday comics. . . . Droll humor at its best for both dog and cat lovers.  —Kirkus Reviews

[A] funny, sweet story that highlights what all cat owners know: cats will do what they want, when they want.  —CM Reviews

“[T]his book will have you and your little ones laughing out loud. Zoe Si’s illustrations are perfectly simple, expressing emotion in the little boy, his frisky cat, and helpful dog. A must read for cat lovers!  —Quebec Library AssociationNICOLA WINSTANLEY has always believed in the power of stories to bring comfort. She is the author of The Pirate's Bed, A Bedtime Yarn, How to Give Your Cat a Bath and Cinnamon Baby, which won an honor prize for the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award and was shortlisted for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. NiclsG