The Catfish Club

Purrmaids #2

by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, Vivien Wu (Illustrator)

Get totally smitten with mermaid kittens in book two of this new chapter book series! It’s purrfect for fans of Magic Kitten and the Fairy Animals of Misty Wood series.
 
Coral, Shelly, and Angel are best friends, and school is always paw -some as long as they have each other! So when their teacher assigns an art project, the girls can’t wait to get up to their whiskers in paint and glitter! But three other students—the Catfish Club—are trying to ruin the fun. They’re three tough kittens who think they’re the best at everything. Will Angel and her friends dive headfirst into trouble with the Catfish Club?
 
These adorable purrmaids will have young readers paws -itively hooked from page one!

Genres: Childrens, Chapter Books, Fantasy, Animals, 1st Grade

96 pages, Paperback

Published September 5, 2017

About the author

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen is an award-winning children's book author whose books include Duck Duck Moose, Chicks Run Wild, Pirate Princess, Hampire!, and the forthcoming Orangutangled. She visits schools around the country to talk about the craft of writing to children of all ages. "Every book is an autobiography" is a favorite saying of hers, and a big part of her message is that everyone, grownup or child, has a story that is interesting and compelling—if you can find the right words to tell it. Sudipta lives outside Philadelphia with her children and an imaginary pony named Penny. You can learn more about her and her books on her website www.sudipta.com or at her blog www.NerdyChicksRule.com.

Reviews

[drowningmermaid · Rating 2 out of 5]

Terrible, but exactly what the book appears to be. A bunch of cat and fish puns strung together with a painfully nice story.
Had I been the right age I might have read these.

[Patrick McGrady · Rating 5 out of 5]

My four year old emphatically gave this a five.

Transcribed conversation from said four year old:

Me: What do you want to say about Purrmaids? You talk and I will type it.
Her: Thank you for reading Purrmaids.
Me: You're welcome. What else?
Her: Chocolate chip.
Me: No, about the book.
Her: Good.... It was good.
Me: ....What specifically?
Her: Ill come back.
*Walks away with a bowl of strawberries.*

**Waits**

*Settles back next to me. Stares at me.*
Her: I'm back now.
Me: What did you like about Purrmaids?
Her: I used all my questions.
Me: What?
Her: What?
Me: What about the book?
Her: Good. The Purrmaids club?
Me: The Catfish club?
Her: Oh, I thought it was the Purrmaids club. *Chuckles*
Me: This has been great. Thank you.


I have already mailed this off to Harvard and am awaiting reply.

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta The Catfish Club (Purrmaids #2), 84 pages. CHAPTER BOOK. Random House, 2017. $5. Content:G

The Purrmaids are excited to visit the refurbished Kittentail Cove Museum, especially after Ms. Harbor asks each class member to create art for their homework. Their plans are interrupted when three other class members are also at the museum with the same idea. Unless the six purrmaids get along, none of them will have anything to show their teacher tomorrow.

Get ready to wade through a whole bunch of cat puns (Vincent Fang Gogh, Catisse). The message about cooperation adds weight to a book that would otherwise just be silly.

EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library Teacher
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2017...

[Sherri · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter loves this series of books. We originally purchased because of the cool cover, but the stories have quickly become favorites. I personally don't find the story-lines particularly memorable, but they engaged my first grader and she wants to read the other books in the series. I found the subject matter and dialog to be appropriate for girls her age and the conflict and resolution were perfect and relevant as well. Add to that the cat puns and well, it was a fun book.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Appropriate for: all ages!

My 4 year old daughter loves Purrmaids. I like it too, I just wish there were more pictures for her. This story had an important message about working together and not misjudging people.

[Ella · Rating 5 out of 5]

At first the catfish cut in line and Angel and her friends were shouting at them and they were mad at each other and they wanted to work apart. At the end of the book, they worked together and made a big art craft called Starry Kittentail Cove.

[Ayelen Bravo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very sweet and engaging story—well written with valuable lessons throughout. The use of fun “cat language” like purr-fectly and paw-sitively adds a playful touch that’s sure to get some giggles, especially from younger readers. I’ll definitely be reading more from the Purrmaids series!

[Kris Peters · Rating 3 out of 5]

My daughter loves this series. I personally liked the first one a lot more. This one loves up to the name “Catfish Club” because all of them are very catty.

[Dorothy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Silly and a little boring. My 6 year old daughter likes this series so I’ll probably keep reading them to her.

[Heather Commons · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter loved this series.

[Laura Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read with my daughter. They’re are not stellar books but this one was a little better than the first one. My daughter enjoys them so that’s what matters!

[Jennifer Yeckel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for young girls! We love the Catfish Club and my daughter started her own Catfish club 😊

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was purrrfect. Loved the focus on art & teamwork.

[Kimberly Cruz · Rating 4 out of 5]

So the book was so curious I would read and say I wonder what will happen next??? So I loved the book so much it’s a wonderful book!!

[Courtney Dawson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only because of memory’s

[Chibimagic · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute generic story about kitten mermaids working together with other kitten mermaids that seemed kind of mean at first.

[Abigail Feldt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story about sharing and working together! Also, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but there might be a few too many cat related puns... Cute book.

[Lauren Speaker]

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