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Cat Knit
Cat and Yarn are the best of friends. They have so much fun playing together, the two are inseparable. Until the day Girl takes Yarn away.When Yarn Returns, he is completely changed, no longer Cat's bright and jolly friend. Cat is mad!Soon, Cat begins to miss his best friend, and he just might realize that a little change isn't so bad after all.
40 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 11, 2016
About the author
Jacob Grant
18 books65 followersHello! I’m Jacob Grant and I make picture books. Absurd and heartfelt picture books.
Originally from Ohio, I now live in Chicago with my wife and one very busy child. When not wrangling this little force of nature, I can be found in my home studio drawing, painting and writing until something feels story-ish. With a bit of luck, some of this mess gets made into books!
Author and Illustrator of:
BEAR'S SCARE Bloomsbury 2018
THROUGH WITH THE ZOO Feiwel & Friends 2017
CAT KNIT Feiwel & Friends 2016
LITTLE BIRD'S BAD WORD Feiwel & Friends 2015
SCAREDY KATE Barron’s 2014
Illustrator of:
OWLS ARE GOOD AT KEEPING SECRETS Penguin Random House 2018
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or just to say hi.
Originally from Ohio, I now live in Chicago with my wife and one very busy child. When not wrangling this little force of nature, I can be found in my home studio drawing, painting and writing until something feels story-ish. With a bit of luck, some of this mess gets made into books!
Author and Illustrator of:
BEAR'S SCARE Bloomsbury 2018
THROUGH WITH THE ZOO Feiwel & Friends 2017
CAT KNIT Feiwel & Friends 2016
LITTLE BIRD'S BAD WORD Feiwel & Friends 2015
SCAREDY KATE Barron’s 2014
Illustrator of:
OWLS ARE GOOD AT KEEPING SECRETS Penguin Random House 2018
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or just to say hi.
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April 8, 2017
Fun story with great expressive illustrations.
July 4, 2020
Un libro de muy pocas páginas, lleno de ilustraciones, cuyo protagonista felino nos cuenta lo que ocurre con un ovillo de su dueña humana. Una monada de libro, recomendado para los peques 😉
September 12, 2019
When Yarn is introduced to his home, Cat befriends the fuzzy ball, and the two become good friends. Then the feline's human girl takes Yarn and turns him into something scratchy and less-than-friendly, and things take a downturn in their friendship. Suddenly Yarn (in the form of a sweater) is something that Cat wants to get rid of... until, that is, he realizes how cold he is without his new outer layer.
The text of author/illustrator Jacob Grant's Cat Knit is extremely simple, but also quite humorous. I enjoyed some of the wordplay and puns, from the title itself, to the moral message that "Warming up to something new takes time." That said, what really stood out here were the drolly amusing illustrations, which perfectly capture Cat's various states of disgruntlement. As a cat-lover I found myself giggling sympathetically on more than one occasion. Recommended to all young feline friends, and to anyone looking for simple but amusing stories for the younger picture-book set.
The text of author/illustrator Jacob Grant's Cat Knit is extremely simple, but also quite humorous. I enjoyed some of the wordplay and puns, from the title itself, to the moral message that "Warming up to something new takes time." That said, what really stood out here were the drolly amusing illustrations, which perfectly capture Cat's various states of disgruntlement. As a cat-lover I found myself giggling sympathetically on more than one occasion. Recommended to all young feline friends, and to anyone looking for simple but amusing stories for the younger picture-book set.
July 8, 2020
Muy linda la historia
November 8, 2016
I received a copy of this title from PanMacmillan Australia for review.
Ten Second Synopsis:
A cat and ball of yarn are best friends. When Yarn undergoes a big change, Cat doesn't know if the friendship can endure.
It's no secret that we are big fans of yarn and its related fibre-crafted products around the shelf, and when yarn is combined with a cute, grumpy-faced cat that looks a little like one of the cats in the dwelling, you can be sure that we will be big fans of the result.
Cat, unsurprisingly, is friends with Yarn. They play together in all sorts of hilarious ways (read: sledding), they snuggle up together and are generally as happy as a cat and an inanimate object could be. When Girl takes yarn away and returns him completely changed however, Cat isn't in love with the arrangement. What follows is a struggle between wanting things back the way they were and finding good use for yarn's new form and function. But it isn't all bad. After all, where there's one ball of yarn, there might be more!
This book was a lot of fun and the mini-fleshlings particularly enjoyed the various moods of Cat, played out via his facial expressions. I particularly liked the machinations of Girl, which are known in the wider world as "knitting", and was quite comforted by the fact that clearly Mad Martha isn't the only one who pores over yarn catalogues with such undivided attention. The ending is a great laugh, featuring more in the way of catty expressions of displeasure, and a very nifty bobble hat indeed. The overall message of the book is that a change in the personality of one's friend need not mean the end of a friendship, and that such changes can be just what is needed at that point in time.
The edition of the book that we received came with a dust jacket featuring the image above, and as we are incurable dust-jacket removers, we were able to uncover the delightful design on the hardback cover.
I would recommend Cat Knit to anyone who (a) has a cat or (b) is able to laugh at cats, which, let's admit it, is every human alive. Having received the thumbs up of approval from the mini-fleshlings in this dwelling, I can also say that it has passed the giggle road test for reading aloud to little ones
Ten Second Synopsis:
A cat and ball of yarn are best friends. When Yarn undergoes a big change, Cat doesn't know if the friendship can endure.
It's no secret that we are big fans of yarn and its related fibre-crafted products around the shelf, and when yarn is combined with a cute, grumpy-faced cat that looks a little like one of the cats in the dwelling, you can be sure that we will be big fans of the result.
Cat, unsurprisingly, is friends with Yarn. They play together in all sorts of hilarious ways (read: sledding), they snuggle up together and are generally as happy as a cat and an inanimate object could be. When Girl takes yarn away and returns him completely changed however, Cat isn't in love with the arrangement. What follows is a struggle between wanting things back the way they were and finding good use for yarn's new form and function. But it isn't all bad. After all, where there's one ball of yarn, there might be more!
This book was a lot of fun and the mini-fleshlings particularly enjoyed the various moods of Cat, played out via his facial expressions. I particularly liked the machinations of Girl, which are known in the wider world as "knitting", and was quite comforted by the fact that clearly Mad Martha isn't the only one who pores over yarn catalogues with such undivided attention. The ending is a great laugh, featuring more in the way of catty expressions of displeasure, and a very nifty bobble hat indeed. The overall message of the book is that a change in the personality of one's friend need not mean the end of a friendship, and that such changes can be just what is needed at that point in time.
The edition of the book that we received came with a dust jacket featuring the image above, and as we are incurable dust-jacket removers, we were able to uncover the delightful design on the hardback cover.
I would recommend Cat Knit to anyone who (a) has a cat or (b) is able to laugh at cats, which, let's admit it, is every human alive. Having received the thumbs up of approval from the mini-fleshlings in this dwelling, I can also say that it has passed the giggle road test for reading aloud to little ones
March 2, 2025
This is a very kid-friendly book, and friendly to the kid-in-me.
Plus it reminds me how much I love cats, and how much they tolerate from their silly human owners.
I'm not sold on the need for cats to wear sweaters, but that didn't stop me from adoring this book.
Right from the cover picture of the Cat looking strangely almost cemented to the floor...
This book makes me giggle.
Plus it reminds me how much I love cats, and how much they tolerate from their silly human owners.
I'm not sold on the need for cats to wear sweaters, but that didn't stop me from adoring this book.
Right from the cover picture of the Cat looking strangely almost cemented to the floor...
This book makes me giggle.
February 5, 2017
The book is so cute. Then sad. Then it teaches a meaningful lesson. Definitely a quick, impactful read, especially if you want to teach your children about true friendship.
July 25, 2019
Cute illustrations.
December 15, 2018
Super cute book! Love the illustrations and the expressions on the cat’s face!
March 15, 2024
Simpel maar super leuk, helemaal voor kinderen die thuis een kat hebben
May 22, 2018
Loved the illustrations. And the fact that the author correctly illustrated how yarn needles actually function. The end picture was pretty cute. Very simplistic story, but the illustrations were def my favorite.
November 17, 2016
The Perfect Book.
January 4, 2017
Hilarious. I can't wait to share this in storytime.
January 20, 2017
A humorously written and delightfully illustrated tale of Cat, Girl, and Yarn!
September 25, 2018
Simple sentences, good message, and had me laughing. Would have preferred a little more color but I'm nitpicking.
February 19, 2019
Eindelijk! Eindelijk! Ik had deze al een lange tijd op mijn shelves staan want hij klonk en zag er zo lief uit. Nu heb ik hem eindelijk kunnen lezen want een van mijn bibliotheken had hem nieuw in de collectie. Jammer alleen dat ik hem even niet herkende toen ik hem uit de reserveringenkast pulkte, blijkbaar hebben ze de omslag maar weggehaald. :|
Dit was zeker een leuk boek over een kat en zijn vriendje Wol. Ze hebben de beste tijd totdat Wol opeens verandert. Ik ben blij met het einde, dat was echt superzoet en paste ook erg goed bij onze kleine kat. En dan die laatste pagina, ik lag helemaal dubbel. Die arme kat, ach onthoudt maar dat je baasje het doet omdat ze van je houdt. :) Mooie illustraties (en enorm schattig ook).
Dit was zeker een leuk boek over een kat en zijn vriendje Wol. Ze hebben de beste tijd totdat Wol opeens verandert. Ik ben blij met het einde, dat was echt superzoet en paste ook erg goed bij onze kleine kat. En dan die laatste pagina, ik lag helemaal dubbel. Die arme kat, ach onthoudt maar dat je baasje het doet omdat ze van je houdt. :) Mooie illustraties (en enorm schattig ook).
March 11, 2019
So cute. Poor Cat. He likes his friend Yarn just as he is but after Girl gets through with Yarn he is different. But maybe not so bad.
The illustrations were cute but I would have liked a few more pages.
The illustrations were cute but I would have liked a few more pages.
August 21, 2020
Una historia súper divertida para los más peques de la casa . El tema central de este libro es que nos cuesta acostumbrarnos a lo nuevo, pero una vez que lo descubrimos tal vez no sea tan malo como pensábamos. Además, las ilustraciones son HERMOSAS .
June 2, 2017
Girl gives Cat a new friend, Yarn. But when Yarn changes, Cat has feelings.
Straightforward and adorable. A nice preschool share.
Straightforward and adorable. A nice preschool share.
August 4, 2017
Adorable and hilarious! I loved this, and other cat lovers would, too!
September 20, 2017
This one made me laugh out loud. A coupla times. I love how cat thought Yarn was a new friend.
November 19, 2017
I think this book was the funniest book in the whole wide world !
If the girl was me ,I will make one for every cat!
I wish Jacob Grant can make more books.
If the girl was me ,I will make one for every cat!
I wish Jacob Grant can make more books.
February 6, 2018
CAT BOOKS ARE THE BEST!
But really, a great story on friendship and change featuring the cutest friends ever <3
But really, a great story on friendship and change featuring the cutest friends ever <3
February 7, 2018
Simple, fun story with adorable, hilarious illustrations.
July 3, 2018
sweet story told from Cat's perspective. But the art was not quite amazing. The cat was cute, but not super cute.
November 5, 2018
It was a cat book kind of morning. My favorite part of this book is the ending. Made me smile.
August 21, 2020
Me encanta la paz que me dan los cuentos infantiles, más luego de leer algo pesado. Bonita historia con importante mensaje.
January 27, 2023
a hoot and a holler
September 22, 2024
Very simple, cute thick typeface, liked the silly personification. The end was a bit abrupt, but the finally page of art was very funny. Hope to read more by this author!
January 17, 2022
This was super-cute and honestly a little too oblique for me, for a children's book.
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