Splat the Cat is one of my all-time favorite characters. He is a character that so many children (kindergarteners) can relate to. In this particular book, he is afraid to go swimming in the pool because he does not like water. All of his "daily routine activities" reminds me so much of what my students do on a regular basis. Also, his friend Spike does so many things to bother him; but, everything works out at the end of the book just like it does as a 5-6 year old's day! The book started out with Splat dreaming of candy fish. He tries to get them and that is about the time his mom wakes him up. Splat is told to go take a bath and cleanup for school, and after he got caught trying to skip the bath, his mom makes him get in the tub. This is where we first find out Splat doesn’t like the water, he in fact is afraid of it. While in the bath, Splat’s mom shocks him with the announcement that today he is going to learn to swim at school. Before Splat could react to that, his mom drops another shocker on him; Spike is coming over for playtime. Splat is beside himself, Spike is the bully cat that eats all of Splats candy fish and breaks his toys. What a rotten day Splat is going to have. As he is walking to school, Spike rides by on his bike and splashes Splat with water from a puddle. At school, Mrs. Wimpydimple told the class that they were getting in the pool, and only the weird cat Plank was happy. Eventually every cat gets into the pool, except for Splat and Spike. Spike keeps running back for more floaties and animal rings, goggles and snorkels until there wasn’t anything else to put on. Both Splat and Spike kind of freak out when Mrs. Wimpydimple tells them to get into the pool, and that’s when they learn that both of them were afraid of the water. Splat uses a fishing line and candy fish to trick Spike into the water, and eventually Splat gets the courage up to get into the pool himself. They realize that it isn’t as bad as they though it was. The two of them play in the pool together, and after school play at Splat’s house. Spike only eats some of Splat’s candy fish, and only breaks one of the toys. In the end they became friends.
What do You think about Splish, Splash, Splat! (2011)?
I have to read this most nights along with secret agent splat
—maiden6589
