Seven Monsters and a Cat

Seven monsters and a cat
go for a walk.
They want to scare us
and feel at ease.
But…
The ghost hears the wind
and trembles in dismay.
Alarmed, he runs off
to sew up his patches.

A vampire, a zombie, a ghost, a witch, a mummy, a werewolf, Frankenstein’s monster and… a cat! Where will they go? Will they reach their destination? Rafa Ordóñez returns with a rhyming album, inspired by the formulas of the oral tradition, whose protagonists will disappear, one by one, in the craziest ways. An unexpected ending transforms this story into an original circular tale. Christian Inaraja’s illustrations, full of colour on light backgrounds, give shape to some of the best-known scary characters from the children’s literary tradition and accentuate the comic character of this proposal.

Key points

• Multi-awarded authors: Cuatrogatos Foundation, IBBY Honour List, Compostela and Benicarló Prize, selection in Bologna Book Fair and Sharjah Exhibition, among others.
• A rhyming text full of humour, which allows to work with numbers and subtraction.
• Addresses the theme of fantastic characters, ideal for reading on Halloween or All Souls’ Day.

Rafael Ordóñez

2022, 2019, 2015 – Cuatrogatos Foundation, 100 Recommended Books
2017 – Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Fair, Madrid
2001 – 17th Jaén Award for Children’s and Young People’s Literature

Christian Inaraja

2022 – IBBY Honour List
2021 – Cuatrogatos Foundation, 100 Recommended Books
2018 – XI International Compostela Prize for Picture Books
2017 – Selected in Bologna Children’s Book Fair
2017 – IBBY Colombia Award, Highly Recommended Book