Catside Up, Catside Down: A Book of Prepositions [Hardcover]

Filled with whimsical knitted cats, Anna Hrachovec's debut picture bookCatside Up, Catside Downblends the silliness of cats with an early introduction to prepositions.

Catsideup, catsidedown.
Catona turntable, spinningaround!
Undera piano,overthe moon,
swept high andawayby a cat-shaped balloon.

A collection of cozy, knitted cats find themselves in all sorts of funny positions in this rhyming picture book that introduces prepositions likeover,under,between,beside, and many more!

Anna Hrachovecis a designer and artist who loves to knit little creatures. Just about everything is more fun in tiny knitted form, so shes inspired by everything! Under her designer brand, Mochimochi Land, Anna has created hundreds of knitting patterns for a global following of creature-crafting fans. When shes not making cute stuff out of yarn, Anna is busy making stop-motion animations with her woolly friends. Her heart-knitting gnome is one of the most widely shared animated GIFs in the world. Anna lives in Chicago with her husband, two kids, and two cats.

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The humorous text includes sophisticated vocabulary, with words such asconfigureandastraddle. The image of a feline pair with limbs linked (for catsakimbo) is particularly funny, as is the cat matryoshka doll. The visuals are witty and whimsical but also spot-on in their portrayals of typical cat behaviorright through to the final, purrfect catnap. Kirkus,starred review