How to Teach Your Cat a Trick
CBC Books | Posted: October 18, 2022 2:56 PM | Last Updated: October 18, 2022
Nicola Winstanley, illustrated by Zoe Si.
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! (From Tundra Books)
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! (From Tundra Books)
How to Teach Your Cat a Trick is for ages 3-7.
Winstanley is a children's book author based in Hamilton, Ont. Her other book, How to Give Your Cat a Bath, was a finalist for the 2019 Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature — illustration.
Zoe Si is a cartoonist, illustrator and lawyer based in Vancouver. She is the creator of picture book Wolfie and Fly.