Splish, Splash, Splat! by Rob Scotton

Splish, Splash, Splat! Reviews

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  Kayla

  Meh. By far my least favorite Splat book. I didn't like the characters calling each other "loser" and the storyline was just so-so.
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  Kayla Edwards

  This one is a cute story that offers lessons on showing kindness to others, sharing, and conquering your fears. Lots of humor and illustrations that the kids love.
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  Laura

  I'm not a fan. It started out cute, but then it just felt crude and poorly executed.
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  Книжни Криле

  Котаракът Пльок се завръща! Не с гръм и трясък, а с „Плис, пляс, Пльок!“. Издателство „Давид“ ни представя и второто приключение с пухкавия чаровник, създаден от известния илюстратор Роб Скотън. Дано на новото издание да му върви като по вода! Упс… Съвсем забравихме, че на Пльок направо му се изправя козината щом чуе за вода. А ако не си падаш по водата, то плуването направо те ужасява. Да, Пльок изпитва особена неприязън към басейна в училище. Подобни са чувствата му и към онзи самохвалко Спайк, който не се бои от нищо. Никак не му е лесно на Пльок, но може би тъкмо затова пък на нас не ни е никак трудно да му симпатизираме, нали? Прочетете ревюто на „Книжни Криле“:
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  Ariana

  Splat doesn’t like Spike—he eats all his candy fish and plays with his toys until they break—and he also doesn’t like water—it’s scary, wet and makes him soggy. Splat is not happy when he has to have a play date with Spike and learn to swim on the same day. However, things turns out to the better when Splat and Spike bond over their fear of water and learn to get over it together and eventually become friends. The illustrations are made in mixed media. They are quirky and fun and match the humour of the story perfectly. Scotton uses frames in a very interesting way. Images would sometimes have very strong frames in a black line and a detailed background inside the frame, but part of the image would always seem to escape outside the frame: a tail, a pawn, a leg, a nose, a candy fish. It breaks the clear, clean, strong frame in a playful way that adds and matches the story. Other images have no frames at all and little to no background. These sometimes were combined in the same page to convey animation or sudden action, almost like panels in a comic without the frames. Other times, he would use bleed for dramatic effect on the more dynamic images. This is a great book for talking about tolerance and not judging a person too quickly.
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  Dolly

  I've never been a huge fan of
  Splat the Cat, but our girls love these books. The cat is adorable and the stories have some innocent charm, but I was frustrated by the seemingly vapid churning out of books in order to capitalize on a popular character. There have been eight books published in the last year or so and many of them weren't even written by
  Rob Scotton. I was not impressed.
  
  But when we borrowed this book from the library, I was pleasantly surprised to see Mr. Scotton as the true author and not just the creator the series. The story was fairly entertaining and the illustrations are as cute as ever. It has a good message about overcoming a fear of the water and showing that learning how to swim is fun. I'm still not the biggest fan of poor Splat, but our girls really like him a lot. We enjoyed reading this story together.
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  Diana (Bever) Barber

  My first Splat book, and not at all what I expected. Story at the beginning: this is rather cute. Story by the end: that was too "cutesy" for my taste. It was good enough for three stars, but even my seven-year old was bored by the middle of it. He walked away. It leaves me wondering if I'll try any other Splat books.
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  MeatballBen

  It was great. Splat is a cat. And he hates taking baths, he doesn't like getting wet or soggy. But then he takes swimming lessons. He is the last one in. He dreams of gummy-fish. At the end he likes the water.
  
  I like the pictures because they were cool. I like them because they were nice. The gummy bears were funny.
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  Lakeira King

  I love all the Splat books! I love the Illustrations as well! Splat overcame his fear of water/swimming. You can do a writing activity where the students can write or draw a picture about a fear they overcame.
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  Anne

  Not my favorite Splat book. Also some readers probably won't appreciate the characters calling each other losers.
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  Margaret

  Unfortunately "loser" was used as an insult in this book; otherwise it's a cute story.
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  Maria

  I enjoyed this book, although I'm not too fond of how many times the author used the word "loser" in here. My son enjoyed the story overall.
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  Kristen Dutkiewicz

  While I appreciated the concept of both Splat and Spike overcoming their fear and getting into the pool, I did not love the name calling of “loser” in the book.
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  Emilee Harris

  My daughter loves this book. The illustrations and the story about the cats themselves are adorable. Having said that, the writing drives me absolutely insane. I am an English major, specifically a Creative Writing major, and reading this book makes me want to grab a red pen and start slashing. I understand he wanted to write a bunch of S's in a book and have children learn the letter S. I can almost forgive that, but there are far too many narratives, far too many comma she said, Splat said, said Splat's mom, said Seymour, said said said said. It drives me crazy every time I read it aloud! I skip over EVERY "said Splat's mom" and most every direction written in this book and it Still makes SenSe in the Subtext without Saying Said Sixteen times, I Said... I also do not agree with how Spike calls Splat a "loser" four times in the book. He could have just called him Splattie and that would be enough of an annoyance. Back to school, NY TimeS BestSelling author, Said me.
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  Alex Matzkeit

  Mein Kind liebt die Kater-Kamillo-Bücher und ich weiß nicht genau warum, aber sei's drum. Vielleicht ist es der maximalistische Illustrationsstil, der einen irgendwie plastisch aus der Seite anspringt, vielleicht der durch die Bilder vermittelte Plot rund um die Katze, die kein Wasser mag und in dieser Abneigung einen unerwarteten Verbündeten findet (und das obwohl das Kind Wasser liebt). Kritisiert wird häufig, dass es an einer Stelle heißt, eine Katze würde grinsen, obwohl sie auf dem Bild nicht grinst (aber eine andere). Eins von diesen Büchern, an denen man nichts aussetzen, aber auch nichts hervorheben kann.
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  Ryan

  Splat hates baths and now he has to learn to swim. Oh the horror. Plus his mom has arranged a play date with Spike. But spike is mean, will eat all Splat’s candy, and break all Splat’s toys. Maybe these two water fearing cats can find common ground.
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  Stephanie

  3.5
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  Misty (Reds Romance Reviews)

  Another great read about Splat, we loved it!!
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  Erin

  Adorable illustrations and a nice lesson about feeling fearful. My 4 yo. likes the Splat stories and they always spark discussion, which is a win in my book!
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  Adam Nickson

  Scarlett aged 6 *****
  
  Poppy aged 4 *****
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  Aiden and Jack

  GRL: L
  DRA: 20
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  Gina

  Splat discovers that neither water nor Spike is as bad as he thought. Splat can probably be helpful in general for your more negative children.
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  Carissa

  The illustration in this book is absolutely adorable and well done. The story is very fun as well. It teaches a fun lesson about getting along and overcoming fears. A very engaging read!
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  Mande Garrett

  Such a cute story about a cat who like water but learns to love it.