Mister Got to Go Where Are You?
- Publisher
- Red Deer Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2014
- Category
- Cats, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780889956872
- Publish Date
- May 2014
- List Price
- $9.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 4 to 8
- Grade: p to 3
Description
Got to Go has made his home at the Sylvia Hotel for seven years now. And it is the best home a cat could wish for! There was always a comfy lobby chair or a warm windowsill to sleep on and a nice bit of fish from the kitchen. Mister Fisher, the manager, still talks about how the hotel is no place for a cat but Got to Go doesn't worry. Then he sees a man carrying a tantalizing parcel that smells like a nice bit of fish and follows him along the streets for hours until the hotel is nowhere in sight. And nothing is going right at the hotel with Got to Go missing from his usual windowsill. The staff all come to realize, "a hotel without Got to Go is not a proper hotel." Will Got to Go be able to find his way back to his hotel home and family?
About the authors
Lois Simmie is a true veteran of the Canadian writing scene, a storyteller of the highest order who is known and acclaimed for both her children's literature and her adult work. She's the author of the Canadian classic novel They Shouldn't Make You Promise That reissued by Coteau in the fall of 2002. Her short-fiction collections include Betty Lee Bonner Lives Here and Pictures, and she wrote the non-fiction book The Secret Lives of John Wilson. Her books for children include What Holds Up the Moon? and Mr. Got-to-Go and Arnie. She lives in Saskatoon.
Cynthia Nugent
is a nationally recognized and award-winning children's book author and illustrator. Her first book, Mister Got to Go, is now considered a Canadian classic. All of her books have been on the Canadian Children's Book Centre's Our Choice lists. She also makes book trailers and apps and has animated several Tradewind titles. Cynthia lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her Yorkshire terrier Emma.
More information is available at www.cynthianugent.com.
Awards
- Short-listed, City of Vancouver Book Award
Editorial Reviews
"Opening the pages of Mister Got To Go, Where Are You?, a delightful picture book about the resident cat at the Sylvia Hotel, is like curling up in an overstuffed armchair and enjoying a satisfying visit with a much loved friend. Book sequels are sometimes contrived affairs which rely heavily upon the popularity of the first effort, and they often prove disappointing to the reader. This is definitely not the case with Lois Simmie's latest story. . . Cynthia Nugent's watercolour illustrations richly illustrate and extend the lost cat's experiences in strange and dangerous surroundings.
Highly Recommended."
"Mister Got To Go, Where Are You? is told in gently expressive narrative form, with charming realistic paintings of the gray cat in all his adventures. The hypnotic cadenced repetitions and narrative style makes this a lovely, lulling story for older children's bedtimes or nap times."
Other titles by
Finding My Way
A Memoir
Mister Got to Go Where Are You?
A Kids' Field Guide to Fast Food Advertising
Mister Got to Go and Arnie
What I am Trying to Say is Good-bye
They Shouldn't Make You Promise That
Mister Got to Go
The Cat that Wouldn't Leave
Pictures
Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson
A True Story of Love & Murder
