BOOKS
Mr. Fluff and the Tall Tower
When Mr. Fluff, a rascally orange tabby, moves from the suburbs to the big city, he isn’t sure he likes his new home.
In this timeless new series, evocative of vintage-styled 1960’s illustrated early reader books, an adventurous cat explores city living.
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Lying on his belly soaking up the warm sun and listening to the birds outside, Mr. Fluff had the perfect life, or so he thought. When the orange tabby goes for a car ride one day with his human family, he ends up in a building that reaches the sky, a place the humans call their new home. So begins the escapades of Mr. Fluff the cat in this classically styled early reader, Mr. Fluff and the Tall Tower, the debut title in The Adventures of Mr. Fluff early reader series by David Brandt.
Mr. Fluff isn’t sure he likes apartment living—he is an outdoor cat, after all. He needs some convincing. When he sneaks out into the hallway of his new apartment and meets a sweet neighbor who shares a strange and delicious treat, Mr. Fluff decides maybe city living isn’t so bad.
“Why, hello!” said a grey-haired woman as she looked down at Mr. Fluff with a smile. “Where on earth did you come from?” She took one of the slices of pastrami out of the small bag. Then she took a knife and chopped it up into tiny pieces and put it on a pretty plate. She put the plate down on the ground. Mr. Fluff loved the delicious meat with a salty, spicy flavor. He decided that pastrami was his new favorite food.
Author David Brandt expertly weaves an early reader in a vintage fashion reminiscent of Frog and Toad and illustrated in a charming retro style by Olga Lavrova with soft painterly images evocative of the timeless art of Emil Weiss. Perfect for the youngest readers, Brandt’s stories use a nostalgic language style, pointedly incorporating sight words which are reiterated in a glossary at the book’s end, to bring a whimsical and fun tale featuring his gallant and venturous character, Mr. Fluff.
Mr. Fluff and the Music Students
Join the music lesson as Mr. Fluff, the rascally orange tabby cat, insists on helping Ian teach his students.
In this timeless new series, evocative of vintage-styled 1960’s illustrated early reader books, an adventurous cat believes he is the teacher of the music lessons - not his owner Ian.
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Today was Ian’s first day back teaching music lessons to children just like he used to before they moved to their new home in the Tall Tower. It was the job of Mr. Fluff to help Ian teach the lessons. He could tell it was almost time to begin because Ian was buzzing all around the office nervously getting things ready.
“OK,” Ian said, “The piano is tuned and ready to go and here is all the music I will give to the students. Am I forgetting something? What am I forgetting?”
“Treats,” meowed Mr. Fluff, “You always give them candy.”
“Candy!” shouted Ian. “That’s right, I can’t forget treats for the children.”
Ian ran around the kitchen, opening up each and every cabinet and drawer. No candy.
“Drat!” Ian shouted again.
He ran frantically into the bedroom where Mr. Fluff could hear him throwing things around and searching through boxes.
“Yes! I knew we had some candy somewhere! Here’s a bag of candy in a box that we haven’t unpacked yet from when we moved in” Ian yelled with great joy.
“Gnnnnow,” Mr. Fluff said, chuckling.
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Author David Brandt expertly weaves an early reader in a vintage fashion reminiscent of Frog and Toad and illustrated in a charming retro style by Olga Lavrova with soft painterly images evocative of the timeless art of Emil Weiss. Perfect for the youngest readers, Brandt’s stories use a nostalgic language style, pointedly incorporating sight words which are reiterated in a glossary at the book’s end, to bring a whimsical and fun tale featuring his gallant and venturous character, Mr. Fluff.
Mr. Fluff and the Scaredy Cat
Join the quest as Mr. Fluff, the rascally orange tabby cat, searches for the elusive grey and white cat he saw hiding behind a bush in the park.
In this timeless new series, evocative of vintage-styled 1960’s illustrated early reader books, an adventurous cat believes it is his mission to find the Scaredy Cat and bring him to safety.
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“There he is!” Mr. Fluff said in his loudest voice, “the
scaredy-cat!”
“The cat from yesterday!” Genevieve called out, “I think
he’s hiding behind that pin oak tree!” They could see the
tail of the scaredy-cat sticking out from the left side of the
tree as Genevieve approached and whispered,
“It’s ok, little kitten - we’re friendly; we want to help you.
If you show yourself we can see if you have a collar and find
out who your owner is so we can get you back home!” Genevieve
walked softly, one slow step at a time as she moved
closer and closer. Then there was a crunch of leaves and a
small high-pitched sound.
“Trrllttrrlltrrll!” the scardey-cat called out. Genevieve
jumped forward towards the sound. With a flash of grey
and white the scaredy-cat crossed the path and ran out of
sight.
“No!” Genevieve shouted, “we lost him, Mr. Fluff!”
But Mr. Fluff was not ready to give up on the scaredy-cat.
Author David Brandt expertly weaves an early reader in a vintage fashion reminiscent of Frog and Toad and illustrated in a charming retro style by Olga Lavrova with soft painterly images evocative of the timeless art of Emil Weiss. Perfect for the youngest readers, Brandt’s stories use a nostalgic language style, pointedly incorporating sight words which are reiterated in a glossary at the book’s end, to bring a whimsical and fun tale featuring his gallant and venturous character, Mr. Fluff.