cover image Doodle Cat Wears a Cape

Doodle Cat Wears a Cape

Kat Patrick, illus. by Lauren Farrell. Scribble, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-947534-98-8

With a tea towel for a cape, a striking red feline named Doodle Cat shows off “cool superpowers” such as saving a human (really a pillow), firing high-speed furballs, and becoming invisible (inside a box). But when none of these powers help him cheer up his friend, Pangolin, the feline takes a new approach. Wearing a tea towel, Pangolin is soon showing off: smelling everything (especially Doodle Cat’s toots), digging, and licking the Milky Way with a long curly tongue. “Together we are superfriends,” the pair declares, inviting others (including the reader) to don capes and join them in discovering their own unique powers. Bold, sketchlike illustrations accompany Doodle Cat’s childlike first-person narration (“I am Doodle Cat./ Look at my cape!”), and goofy scenes of the happy companions suggest that friendship, replete with costume, is the ultimate superpower. Ages 2–7. [em](Oct.) [/em]