You Are Not a Cat! (Duck and Cat) - Hardcover

Sharon G. Flake won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award for her first novel, The Skin I'm In, and is a two-time Coretta Scott King Author Honor winner. Her books have sold a combined total of more than half a million copies. You Are Not a Cat! is her first picture book. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Visit sharongflake.com.

Anna Raff has illustrated several books for children, including World Rat Day by Children's Poet Laureate, J. Patrick Lewis. Her illustrations have also appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. Before her career as an illustrator, Anna was a designer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and several children's book publishers. She lives in New York City. Visit annaraff.com.

A duck likes to pretend to be other animals, much to the consternation of a very pragmatic cat.... beginning readers can have fun...” Kirkus Reviews

"YA author Flake shows her goofier side in this giggle-inducing picture book, which works not only for a preschool crowd but also for an emerging reader. The all dialogue text is printed in a simple, legible font inside large speech bubbles. Soft colors and lightly textured backgrounds create plenty of white space for the eye to focus. The 'who’s on first?' humor, utilizing a large number of sight words, is heightened by hilarious facial expressions in the cartoonish illustrations, created using sumi ink washes and pen-and-pencil drawings and assembled and colored digitally. Whether enjoyed independently or at storytime, readers will laugh their way through this entertaining book." Booklist

When Duck insists he is a cat and meows to prove his claim, Cat corrects his obvious error by asserting that ducks always say quack, quack.’ Cat is the straight man to screwball Duck, and this makes the two an appealing pair sure to be adored by young readers. Raff’s soft pastel illustrations are a perfect match for the quick-witted, comic book style text. Fans of Mo Willems’s popular Elephant and Piggie’ and Pigeon’ series will embrace this silly animal tale wholeheartedly.” School Library Journal

"Sharon’s text just begs to be read aloud, and the meter really reminds me of Dr. Seuss.” Anna Raff, Illustrator