Sharon G. Flake won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award for her bestselling 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 a million copies. You Are Not a Cat! was her first picture book.

Anna Raff is an award-winning illustrator of several books for children, including World Rat Day, If I Were a Kangaroo, and The Day the Universe Exploded My Head--a Kirkus Best Book of the Year and New York Public Library Best Book--as well as a series of science picture books with author David A. Adler. 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. Visit annaraff.com.

"Told entirely in dialogue using color-coded speech bubbles, this is the tale of a dynamic duo whose friendship is full of silly bickering, consternation, and smiles....Readers who enjoyed You Are Not a Cat! (2016) will be pleased to see more from this pair. Comparable to a series about a famous elephant and pig...this is a close second." --Kirkus Reviews

"The creators' comic follow-up to You Are Not a Cat! finds pals Cat and Duck in a touchy quandary...Digitally assembled ink, pen, and pencil illustrations by Raff contrast the sylvan setting--depicted in soft textures, grassy tones, and simple shapes--with the characters' escalating, and very sibling-like, interplay." --Publishers Weekly

"Raff's illustrations are soft but colorful, filled with movement and speech bubbles interspersed with Duck's numerous achoos.... children (will) enjoy the colorful illustrations along with the actions and discussions the two friends share." --Booklist

Publisher: Astra Young Readers

Pub date: 2024-02-20

Length: 48 pages