Have You Seen My Cat?: A Slide-and-Peek Board Book (The World of Eric Carle) Board book – Picture Book, June 23, 2009

Adorable book and fun to read!

My newly 2 year old daughter is obsessed w this book. Sometimes I hide it because mama gets tired of it ha! She likes pulling out the cats and pushing them back in. Plus it teaches them basic simple language that’s why it’s perfect for toddlers learning to talk & build their vocabulary. It’s repetitive which is key in learning at this age.She used the book so much eventually the pullouts were damaged therefore against my better judgment (joke) I’m ordering her a replacement tonight. It’s extremely inexpensive for a board book so I don’t mind. We certainly got our money’s worth w the first book.

Perfect for infants & toddlers - beautiful, colorful, illustrations by a true artist. You can't go wrong with Eric Carle books. The words are also great for little ones to memorize, and "read" along. It helps them recognize words early - and gets them interested in reading. My children were also inspired to CREATE ART after reading Eric Carle books. It doesn't get any better than that!

My daughter got this book as a gift from our registry. She loved it. Wanted to read it every day. Multiple times per day. Eventually she destroyed it. Pulled out every tab and peeled apart pages even after we taped them up.The book is repetitive. I used to hide it, but baby always wanted it back. So, I did what moms do, and I bought her a new copy. We keep this one out of her reach while letting her play with the other one.We’ve seen other versions of this book, and the pull tab one is by far the best.Get a copy, or two! For your child if they like cats. Their glee is worth it.

This book is one of my 18 month old daughters favorite. At first when I got this book as a gift I didn't think much of it, but once my daughter was around 10/11months she loved hearing and being surprised by the peek a boo pages. She points to all the hidden "imposter" cats and gets so excited and claps when the cat is finally found.. We have now gone through 3 of these books because she likes to "explore" the book on her own. She has taken apart all the double pages 'looking for the cat".. My only suggestion is maybe keep it out of reach as an only read together book, or keep multiple copies if you have a tactile child like we do. ( I just keep buying multiple used copies because I know how important it is for her to explore and manipulate the books on her own)

My daughter loves the slide books we were excited for this one. There’s is some damage to the corners of the book and some pages were stuck together. Still does the job, just not sure of the “new” quality of it.

I got this because my current version had been pretty banged up by some other kids and my son and I are a bit of a perfectionist with our books (or maybe I am and have successfully passed the ideal down to him even though he's only 3). Our previous book was only a flip book and this one has slide out tabs. I have a love/hate relationship with these tabs. In a way, it's more fun for him because he gets to do more while reading with me than flipping the pages, but when we lay in bed to read they are placed right where my hands hold the books and they apply to both sides - and with so few words I feel like we are just rushing from one tab to pull out to another. I still love this book, and my son (3 yr old) took about three read through a before he was able to identify each animal to me and start quoting the story. It's nice. But I think I would have preferred to just flip the pages.

I love Eric Carle's books and so do my grandsons. I bought this one for my 3 year old grandson. From the moment we started, he was captiviated by the brilliant illustrations and the pull out tabs. He wanted to read it over and over again. By the time I saw him two weeks later, he had the book memorized and was delighted that he could tell me, quite dramaticallly, that it was not his cat. The pull out tabs are a great idea to get the children to participate.