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Splat the Cat, upset that he cannot watch his favorite superhero after the television breaks, decides to enter a cake-baking contest to win a new television

Splat and Seymour, his little mousie buddy, decide to enter the cake baking contest - and have a little bit of trouble. Okay, more than a little...

Splat is watching his favourite television show, and accidentally breaks the television. Everyone is upset. But Splat has a plan. The first prize for the cake baking contest is a brand new television! Splat just got to win it! He tries, and tries, but nothing goes right. He just winds up making a bigger mess. Poor Splat! But things turn out all right in the end.

This book teaches to keep trying, even when things seem hopeless, and to follow your dreams. Good advice for anyone, no matter their age! ( )

I appreciate Splat the Cat, but I find some of the early readers that aren't illustrated or written by Scotton kind of lacking. I read this one to compare it to a "true" Scotton book. This one is "based on the creation of" Scotton. The text is by a different author, and the interior (non-cover) drawings are done by someone else. I didn't find this story that compelling. I thought it'd be more about the cake, but it was just as much about a TV character. The pictures provide a lot of detail that the text does not. This can add interest, but in another way, it might challenge the very early reader. We read that "Splat saved Seymour from a sneaky snake" which is in fact his tail. Yes, kids can get the joke, but if you are trying to read new words with contextual clues, then this could get confusing. I felt like this book didn't know who it was trying to appeal to.

Splat the Cat is a book that uses rhyming to help children learn to read. This is a level one book for children who are just learning how to read or even a student who is just learning English. This book is all about Splat trying to make cookies along with being a super hero. This book is alright although I do not know if I would classify this as literature. Although, the illustrations are very cute and detailed drawing the reader in. ( )