This Tom and Jerry-style adventure follows Kitty and Birdie on a chase through the neighborhood. Will Birdie get caught?
Featuring a fluorescent pink pantone and die-cut pages that pull the reader through the book, Ready or Not! is an energetic, interactive storybook with a satisfying twist that is fun for the whole family.
Kitty is in hot pursuit of the brightly colored Birdie. As they dart through a living-room window, out a kitchen door, under a fence, through a backyard shed, and past a duck pond, Kitty gets closer and closer to his target . . .
Finally, Kitty spies Birdie through a thick row of tulips and pounces on Birdie’s tail feathers. “Gotcha!”
But is that the end of the story?
Ella Beech’s hand-painted illustrations and fun-loving characters inject contemporary life into this twist on the classic cat-and-bird chase.
For ages 3+
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Ella Beech
Author
Ella Beech is an artist and illustrator based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. She has a master’s degree in children’s book illustration from the Cambridge School of Art and a degree in fine art painting from the Winchester School of Art. She is the illustrator of Dear Vincent and Rewild the World at Bedtime: Hopeful Stories from Mother Nature. Her illustrations for The Night Before Christmas were shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Awards in 2024. Follow her on Instagram @ellamorella.
