Splish, Splash, Splat! {Review + Giveaway}

By megret | June 9, 2011 at 7:14 am | 89 comments | Books & Reading, For the Kids

Loveable, adorable, wiry-haired Splat appears in a summertime tale this go around: Splish, Splat, Splat!

#1 New York Times bestselling author Rob Scotton has once again brought Splat to life and given him a brand new adventure. This time, Splat’s a little bit squeemish about swimming lessons. (Really, what cat wouldn’t be?)

This book made us laugh extra hard because, on the day we read it, we had given our solid black kitty a bath in our bathtub! We watched the claws come out, the hair stand on end, and the pleading meows begin. It’s obvious that cats weren’t meant to love water. But can they learn to?

Just as in previous tales, Splat also counts on the camaraderie of his mouse friend Seymour, and partakes in healthy competition with his complicated friend, Spike. By the end of the book you’ll see Splat transform from a kitty cat who doesn’t even like baths into a feline who develops a truce (heck, even a friendship) with water!

This book has endearing parts, laugh-out-loud parts, and parts that definitely hit home when it comes to fear of new activities and situations. Just perfect for the start of summer, Splish, Splash, Splat! can be ordered from any of these online retailers…and at most major booksellers nationwide!

Win it!

Courtesy of HarperCollins, one of you will win a copy of Splish, Splash, Splat!

Here’s how to enter:

1) MANDATORY: Tell me, in a comment below, another HarperCollins title your kids would love to read this summer (or have to read to them)!

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3) For a third entry, become friends with Muse Reviews on Facebook, then tell me you did so in a separate comment below.

4) For a fourth entry, twitter about this contest using @MuseReviews within your tweet, then tell me in a separate comment that you twittered! (Only one tweet per person per contest, please.)

I’ll close the contest on Thursday, June 16th, 2011, at 11:59pm EST. US mailing addresses only. Good luck!

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.

Congratulations to the winner, #5, MJ!

FTC info — Disclaimer: I received the above product from HarperCollins at no cost per my review….but my review is honest and my opinions are my own. I did not receive any other monetary or product compensation for this review. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

89 Comments

  1. Rachel M (11 months ago)

    My daughter would love Goldilicious. She already loves Pinkalicious! Thanks for the chance to win!

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    I’m already a subscriber to Muse Reviews. :)

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    I’m already a facebook fan (Rachel Earle Edwards Martorano)

  4. Jolee (11 months ago)

    We’re reading Magnificent 12 right now! My daughter will love getting her hands on Silverlicious too. ;-)

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  7. Megan (11 months ago)

    Any of the Fancy Nancy books! Thanks for the giveaway!!

  8. Sandy (11 months ago)

    Goodnight Moon is a classic!

  9. jacqueline (11 months ago)

    my son would love where the wild things are

  10. Mariah (11 months ago)

    Love Splat the Cat but also love Flat Stanley!

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  16. April Bever (11 months ago)

    Amanda and the Alligator would be one my daughter would like

  17. amanda thompson (11 months ago)

    my son loves the splat books! we are going to read “where the Wild things are”, we read it a lot my son loves it but i saw the book “Because”, and it looks cute and all the fancy Nancy books are great!
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  21. tina reynolds (11 months ago)

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  24. susan smoaks (11 months ago)

    we would like to read # I Am Number Four
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  25. renee (11 months ago)

    I think she’d like Lilly’s Chocolate Heart

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  27. Ed Nemmers (11 months ago)

    We would like to read “Because”!

  28. Leslie S. (11 months ago)

    I loved A Light in The Attic as a kid by Shel Silverstein and think my kids also would.Thanks!
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  29. Mickey (11 months ago)

    We would also love Splat the Cat.

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  32. AEKZ2 (11 months ago)

    My children would love to also read Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition

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  35. FLORENTINA (11 months ago)

    A light in the attic!! Great giveaway!

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