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Max Attacks

by Kathi Appelt

Illustrator: Penelope Dullaghan

Ages: 6+

Published: 2019

Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/ Simon & Schuster

ISBN: 978-1-4814-5146-8

Keywords: Cats, Read-Aloud, Poetry

Max wants to get his paws on the fish in their bowl, but is easily distracted from his mission. Catchy rhythm and spare mixed-media illustrations.