My Cat Does Ballet

Author

Robert Heidbreder

Illustrator

Matt Schu

Publication Date

October 17, 2023

Genre / Grade Band

Fiction / K − 1^st

Hardcover

Description

A boy shares his love of ballet with his cat in this adorable picture book that leaps and glides through ballet terms, famous dancers, and the special bond between a young dancer and his pet.

Some cats pounce, snooze, or climb up the curtains. But one boy has a pet cat that does ballet, jumping after flies in perfect grands jetés and gliding across floors with smooth glissades. Perhaps they can teach you and your cat to do ballet too!

This joyful and hilariously illustrated story is a charming pas de deux for felines and their friends.

Publication date

October 17, 2023

Classification

Fiction

Page Count

ISBN-13

9781665917032

Lexile Measure

Guided Reading Level

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Series

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

Cats
Pets
Picture books
Ballet

Kirkus

A fine, feline-centric introduction to the dance.

Robert Heidbreder

Robert Heidbreder was born in Quincy, Illinois, and later moved to Vancouver, BC, where he became an award-winning primary school teacher. Living in Vancouver, he discovered his love of ballet. He attends as many performances as he and his wife can. Their two cats sadly have to stay at home. My Cat Does Ballet is his twenty-first picture book. Visit him at RobertHeidbreder.com.

Matt Schu is the illustrator of Cut!: How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation by C.E. Winters and My Cat Does Ballet by Robert Heidbreder. Due to growing up in the Pacific Northwest, he draws a lot of trees, houses, and cloudy skies. He lives with his cat in Portland, Oregon, and she can do an impressive tour en l'air. Visit him at Matt-Schu.com.

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