The Big Catnap

by Linda Stewart

Book Overview

His first adventure sold more than 240,000 copies and was nominated for the Mystery Writers Edgar Award. Now Sam is back in another hairy tale. When Sandy, the star of a long-running series of cat... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967507359
• ISBN13: 9780967507354
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Cheshire House Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Sam Spayed with a little Phillip Marlowe tossed in.....

Sam the cat detective usually works for a pound of lox, but he's in for more than that amount of trouble when he takes a case trying to find Sandy, the cat actor, who's suddenly gone missing. Sandy is the famous 'blonde' cat who's filmed fifty million Catslop commercials. While this book is written for a Young Adult audience, folks of all ages will enjoy the sense of humor and Chandler-esque word play.

Our whole family loved it!

Here's a childrens book that kids of all ages--meaning parents and grandparents!--can enjoy. My grandson read it in school and was so enthusiastic that my daughter bought a copy and brought it to us on a visit. We had a great time reading it to each other, us grown-ups getting a big kick out of the take-off on Raymond Chandler tough-guy detective stories, and the children just hanging on to every word. I heartily recommend it.

A witty and wild cat caper!

I don't know who enjoyed this book more -- my kids (who were being read to) or me (I was doing the reading). The story is easy enough for the kids to follow, but interesting enough for any adult. But what makes the book really soar is the hard-boiled, knowing prose, which reminds you of all those great old gumshoe stories and detective movies (think "The Big Sleep, "The Thin Man", etc.) Although this book is, I guess, the second adventure for Sam the Cat, I am now hot on the trail of the first!