A mystery unfolds as a little boy, Ned, loses his cat, Pistacchio, on page one of this book. Readers can fred Pistacchio cleverly hidden on each lively and colorful page. However, Ned cannot fred him until the end of the book. A counting element has also been added: each page number is boldly displayed in the comer, and that number can be found in many different ways upon the page. Fun, rhyming text by award-winning author Mary Ann Hoberman is accompanied by hip, bright illustrations by exciting newcomer Laura Huliska-Beith.
A mystery unfolds as a little boy, Ned, loses his cat, Pistacchio, on page one of this book. Readers can fred Pistacchio cleverly hidden on each lively and colorful page. However, Ned cannot fred him until the end of the book. A counting element has also been added: each page number is boldly displayed in the comer, and that number can be found in many different ways upon the page. Fun, rhyming text by award-winning author Mary Ann Hoberman is accompanied by hip, bright illustrations by exciting newcomer Laura Huliska-Beith.