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Super cute illustrations - I love David McPhail. But the story ends abruptly and doesn't have much substance.

Crash the cat is an aptly named feline, as everything he does seems to lead to chaos. Knocking over playthings, smashing a newly made cake, knocking over a can of paint - Crash creates quite a mess. His concerned family take him to the vet, worried that he might have vision problems, but his sight is just fine. Crashing into things is just his way. Fortunately, his family love him all the same...

Although I see that quite a few online reviewers were put off by the illustrations of Crash! The Cat (some even described the two little girls as nightmarish), I found David McPhail's watercolor artwork here quite cute, and well-matched to the story. I do prefer his animals to his people (much like another prolific picture-book creator, Jan Brett), but overall still found this one charming. Recommended to young cat lovers, especially if their feline companion is a chaos-causer like Crash. ( )