Little Readers

Mr. Wuffles!

Name: Mr. Wuffles!
Author: David Wiesner
ISBN: 9780618756612

David Wiesner

Caldecott Honor Book

Mr. Wuffles isn't interested in ordinary cat toys. But when a tiny spaceship filled with miniature alien visitors appears among them, he finally finds something worth investigating. What follows is a wonderfully inventive encounter between one very curious cat, a crew of stranded extraterrestrials and some unexpected allies hiding inside the walls.

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Editor's Note

To Mr. Wuffles, it is simply an interesting new toy. To the tiny creatures trapped inside it, it is their spaceship — and the enormous cat looming above them is a terrifying force of nature. That difference in perspective is where David Wiesner's imagination shines. With very little conventional text, he turns an ordinary living room into the setting for an enormous science-fiction adventure. Scale, expression and visual detail do most of the storytelling, inviting readers to move between the cat's world and the miniature civilization desperately trying to survive beneath his paws.

Why We Selected This Book

Because few picture books make the ordinary feel this extraordinary. Wiesner takes something completely familiar — a cat investigating an object on the floor — and changes the reader's perspective until it becomes an intergalactic survival story. We selected Mr. Wuffles! for its visual imagination, wonderfully absurd premise and ability to encourage children to study every page for clues. It is a book that rewards looking closely and reminds us that the same event can become an entirely different story depending on whose eyes we see it through.

Who Will Enjoy This Book

Ideal for children of approximately four and up who love cats, aliens, spaceships and visual humour.
Imaginative young readers, visual learners and children who enjoy searching illustrations for clues and inventing dialogue of their own.
Because much of the story is communicated visually, children can actively participate by explaining what they think the characters are doing, feeling and planning.