Mr. Wuffles!

"You might know David Wiesner from his slightly off-kilter picture books about strange happenings. In his Caldecott winner, Tuesday, an otherwise normal day turns strange when frogs begin to fly through the air on lily pads. His latest book, Mr. Wuffles, is similarly surreal. At the beginning, we meet Mr. Wuffles the cat. He lives in a normal house — wood floors, striped wallpaper — but behind the radiator, a small spaceship full of little green aliens has crash-landed. Wiesner tells the story of Mr. Wuffles and the aliens without words. The illustrations are intricate and often funny, as the aliens plot to outwit the cat and escape out the window. Very young readers will pore over the pictures, and any child with a cat will never see the family pet in quite the same way again. (For ages 4 to 8)"