Books like Me and My Cat?
By Satoshi Kitamura
For the kid obsessed with what their pet is secretly thinking, this one hands them the answer in the strangest way possible. Silly, surreal, and full of deadpan comic mischief.
A cast of insects — damselflies, beetles, and a pill bug named Icky — watches a tiny shoot grow into a plant, builds a tree fort in its branches, and faces something horrible that swoops down from above.
An alphabet journey where each letter unfolds into a densely packed illustration, from Armored Armadillos Avoiding an Angry Alligator to Horrible Hairy Hogs Hurrying Homewards, hiding dozens of matching objects to hunt for.
A little girl overhears everyday adult expressions and pictures them literally, imagining a king who rains from the sky and a foot prince leaving tracks in the snow.
A child imagines an entire day as a horse — galloping through familiar settings, wondering if they'd fit in their clothes, and whether a little sister would get a ride.
A girl surrounded by books she hates tries to rescue her cat Max from a towering, wobbling stack — and when the books crash down, characters spill right out into her room.
A hungry house cat slips out into the backyard and stalks twelve different birds one by one, but every single time, the bird flies off and the cat is left with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
A girl and her cat find a portal to another world and meet another version of themselves — a wordless invitation to imagine what's on the other side.
A young boy imagines that dinosaurs never disappeared, picturing them back in the world doing helpful, everyday jobs for people instead of roaming wild.
An alphabet book set inside a lavish old Victorian mansion, where animals from A to Z turn up in surprising rooms — an elephant playing trains in the ballroom, a zebra soaking in the bathtub.
