Rob Scotton
Rob Scotton is the bestselling author and illustrator of Russell the Sheep; Russell and the Lost Treasure; Russell’s Christmas Magic; Splat the Cat; Love, Splat; Merry Christmas, Splat; and Scaredy-Cat, Splat! His work can also be found on greeting cards, ceramics, textiles, prints, stationery, and glassware. An honors graduate of Leicester Polytechnic, Rob now lives in Rutland, England, with his wife, Liz, who is also an artist. You can visit Rob Scotton online at www.robscotton.com.
All Books By Rob Scotton
Love, Splat
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperFestival
- Publish date: April 17, 2012
- Language: English
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4.14(1954 ratings)
It’s Valentine’s Day and Splat has a special valentine for a certain someone in his class. Her name is Kitten, and Splat likes her even more than fish sticks and ice cream. But Kitten doesn’t seem to like him at all–she always ties his tail and pokes his belly when she sees him. And then there’s Splat’s rival, Spike, who also likes Kitten. Will Splat’s heartfelt valentine win Kitten’s paw in the end?
In this funny follow-up to Splat the Cat, Rob Scotton captures the highs and lows of a first crush with humor and understanding.
... Read moreMerry Christmas, Splat
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperFestival
- Publish date: April 17, 2012
- Language: English
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4.01(1233 ratings)
It’s the night before Christmas, and Splat wonders if he’s been a good enough cat this year to deserve a really big present. Just to make sure, he offers some last-minute help to his mom and, in typical Splat fashion, he messes up completely! That night Splat stays awake hoping to see Santa Claus. But when Splat misses him, he’s sure his Christmas is ruined–along with his hopes for a really big present. . . .
Everyone’s favorite furry cat is back in a Christmas story perfect for any child anxiously awaiting Santa’s arrival.
... Read moreScaredy-Cat, Splat!
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperFestival
- Publish date: April 17, 2012
- Language: English
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3.96(1105 ratings)
It’s Halloween, and Splat is determined to be the scariest cat in the class. Unfortunately he’s just too much of a scaredy-cat. He’s afraid of a little spider, and everyone says his costume looks more silly than scary. And when Mrs. Wimpydimple tells a ghost story in the dark, Splat gets so frightened that he tips over his jack-o’-lantern. But when the lights go back on, the entire class is scared silly by a small, black, furry creature with a big pumpkin head. Whooooo can it be?
... Read moreSecret Agent Splat!
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Tony Call
- Length: 7 minutes
- Publisher: HarperFestival
- Publish date: March 13, 2012
- Language: English
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3.9(567 ratings)
Who messed with my ducks?
Splat the Cat notices that something isn’t quite right in his house. First his father’s duck decoys start to go missing. Then they are mysteriously returned but, strangely enough, without their beaks! Who could possibly be causing all of this trouble? To solve the mystery, Splat musters up his courage and rises to the challenge as Secret Agent Splat.
This wacky cat-and-mouse story from bestselling author and illustrator Rob Scotton will have readers laughing from beginning to end.
... Read moreSplat and the Cool School Trip
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperFestival
- Publish date: June 25, 2013
- Language: English
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3.69(421 ratings)
Join Splat the Cat on a school trip to the zoo in New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton’s hilarious new adventure, Splat and the Cool School Trip.
Splat the Cat is so excited when Mrs. Wimpydimple announces that the class will be going to the zoo. While everyone calls out his or her favorite animal–Elephant! Giraffe! Monkey!–Splat only wants to see the penguins. After all, penguins are perfect; they are black and white, just like Splat!
All day long, Splat just can’t wait. But when the smallest animal makes the biggest splash and shuts down the penguin exhibit, Splat goes home disappointed and alone . . . or does he?
Fans of Splat the Cat will delight in this story about zoo animals and enjoy Splat’s always-present enthusiasm.
... Read moreSplat the Cat
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 4 minutes
- Publisher: HarperFestival
- Publish date: April 03, 2012
- Language: English
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4.16(10352 ratings)
It’s Splat’s first day of school and he’s worried. What if he doesn’t make any new friends? Just in case, Splat decides to bring along his pet mouse, Seymour, and hides him in his lunchbox. The teacher, Mrs. Wimpydimple, introduces Splat to the class and he soon starts learning all his important cat lessons. But when Seymour escapes and the cats do what cats do (they chase mice!), Splat’s worried again. Maybe now he’ll lose all his friends, old and new! Just in time, wise Mrs. Wimpydimple takes charge and teaches everyone an important new lesson. Maybe Cat School is going to be okay after all!
... Read moreSplat the Cat and the Duck with No Quack
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: August 30, 2011
- Language: English
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3.79(370 ratings)
Clickity clack, clickity clack . . . Splat’s bicycle bumps and jumps over the bumpy track on his way to school, until . . . crack! Splat takes a tumble off of his bike and finds himself nose to beak with a duck. A crash of this caliber should certainly merit some alarm from this duck, but Splat hears no sound. A duck with no quack? Splat thinks that his teacher, Mrs. Wimpydimple, will know what to do, so Splat packs the duck in his backpack along with his school supplies and heads off to Cat School.
Join Splat in this hilarious story that is sure to quack up beginning readers.
... Read moreSplat the Cat and the Hotshot
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: February 03, 2015
- Language: English
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3.87(156 ratings)
Splat goes on a Cat Scouts trip in this hilarious I Can Read book from New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton.
Splat can hardly wait to put on his uniform, tie knots, and build a fire. But when a new member of the group does everything just a bit better than everyone else, Splat wishes he could have a chance to shine. Thanks to some sticky mud, he might get to show what a great outdoors-cat he really is!
Beginning readers will practice the –ot sound in this easy-to-read addition to the Splat series. Splat the Cat and the Hotshot is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
... Read moreSplat the Cat and the Quick Chicks
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: January 26, 2016
- Language: English
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3.78(172 ratings)
Splat’s class project is taking care of chicken eggs in this I Can Read book from New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton.
When Splat takes the chicks home overnight, they hatch and run loose around his house! They pop up in the bathroom, hide inside his socks, and fall asleep in the paint box! Will Splat be able to round them all up?
Beginning readers will practice words in the quick and chick word family in this easy-to-read addition to the Splat series. Splat the Cat and the Quick Chicks is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
... Read moreSplat the Cat Audio Collection
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 46 minutes
- Publisher: HarperFestival
- Publish date: December 06, 2011
- Language: English
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3.2(5 ratings)
Join Splat in his outrageously funny and endearing adventures: from his first day at school, to Valentine’s Day, to going camping with his rival, Spike. All that and more can be found in this delightful audio collection!
Included in this collection are:
Splat the Cat
Love, Splat
Merry Christmas, Splat
Scaredy-Cat Splat!
Splat the Cat: Splat the Cat Sings Flat
Splish, Splash, Splat
Splat the Cat: Good Night, Sleep Tight
Splat the Cat: Back to School Splat!
Splat the Cat Makes Dad Glad
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 7 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: April 22, 2014
- Language: English
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3.72(161 ratings)
Join Splat the Cat in New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton’s hilarious beginning reader about field day.
When Dad’s team loses a soccer game, Splat decides to cheer up his dad by entering them in a father-son six-legged race at the Cat School Picnic. The race doesn’t go the way Splat hoped, but he still makes his dad very, very glad! Beginning readers will love this hilarious easy-to-read addition to the Splat series that features the –ad sound.
Splat the Cat Makes Dad Glad is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
... Read moreSplat the Cat Takes the Cake
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: April 17, 2012
- Language: English
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3.76(453 ratings)
Splat’s messy adventures will delight beginning readers in this I Can Read book from New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton.
Splat loves watching his favorite superhero, Super Cat, on the family TV, but when the set breaks, Splat has no way to watch his cherished cartoon. Splat asks himself, “What would Super Cat do?” and decides to save the day by winning a brand-new TV. The only problem is that winning the TV requires Splat to enter a cake-baking contest . . . which turns out to be a little trickier and stickier than expected. Beginning readers will love this hilarious easy-to-read addition to the Splat series that features the –ake sound.
Splat the Cat Takes the Cake is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
... Read moreSplat the Cat with a Bang and a Clang
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: February 26, 2013
- Language: English
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3.72(217 ratings)
Splat the Cat: A Whale of a Tale
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: May 21, 2013
- Language: English
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3.74(50 ratings)
Splat the Cat is off for a day at the beach in this I Can Read book from New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton.
Splat is excited because his grandfather told Splat that you can hear the sea if you put a seashell up to your ear. Splat is determined to discover a shell like that to bring back for his grandfather. But as hard as he looks on the beach, all he can find is broken shells. Until he gets some help from a new friend–a whale.
Splat the Cat: A Whale of a Tale is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for kids who are beginning to sound out words and sentences.
... Read moreSplat the Cat: Back to School, Splat!
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 4 minutes
- Publisher: HarperFestival
- Publish date: April 03, 2012
- Language: English
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3.84(94 ratings)
Hit the books with Splat the Cat in this funny back-to-school story! This story is perfect for the start of the school year.
It’s the first day of school, and there’s only time for Splat to share one of his summer adventures with the class. Will it be the time he went searching for pirate treasure? Or the time he went swimming with sharks in the ocean? But before the end of the day, Splat knows exactly what to talk about–and it’s the biggest surprise of all!
Hear all about Splat’s first day back at school in Splat the Cat: Back to School, Splat!, another sure-to-be-a-classic story by New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton!
... Read moreSplat the Cat: Blow, Snow, Blow
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 4 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: October 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.71(218 ratings)
Join Splat the Cat in his excitement for snow in New York Times bestselling author and artist Rob Scotton’s beginning reader.
Splat the Cat can’t wait for it to snow. All he wants to do is make a snowcat and throw snowballs! When he can’t wait any longer, Splat decides to take matters into his own paws.
Beginning readers will delight at Splat’s hilarious attempts to make snow. Readers won’t even know they are learning as they have fun with the long o sound.
Splat the Cat: Blow, Snow, Blow is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.
... Read moreSplat the Cat: Fishy Tales
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 3 minutes
- Publisher: HarperFestival
- Publish date: October 02, 2012
- Language: English
Splat the Cat and his class go on a field trip to the aquarium! Splat tries to impress Kitten with his excellent sea creature facts, but he might not know as much about underwater creatures as he first thought. Mrs. Wimpydimple reminds them to look, don’t touch. But Splat finds himself making a great big–splat!
... Read moreSplat the Cat: Good Night, Sleep Tight
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 4 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: August 09, 2011
- Language: English
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3.9(509 ratings)
Join Splat the Cat in this easy-to-follow story about an unlikely friendship from New York Times bestselling author and artist Rob Scotton.
Splat is really excited about going camping–until his mom tells him she has invited his rival, Spike. Will Spike ruin Splat’s trip? Or maybe Splat will learn that his worst enemy isn’t so different from him after all…
Splat the Cat: Blow, Snow, Blow is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Beginning readers will love this hilarious addition to the Splat series that features the long –i sound.
... Read moreSplat the Cat: I Scream for Ice Cream
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: April 21, 2015
- Language: English
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4.34(1918 ratings)
Join Splat and his class on a field trip to an ice-cream factory in this delectable I Can Read book from New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton.
Splat can barely sit still during the bus ride. He’s imagining the mountain of ice cream he thinks he’ll get to eat! But when Splat gets there, that mountain becomes more of an avalanche. It’s up to Splat and his classmates to save the day!
Beginning readers will practice the –eam sound in this easy-to-read addition to the Splat series.
Splat the Cat: I Scream for Ice Cream is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.
... Read moreSplat the Cat: On with the Show
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperFestival
- Publish date: April 02, 2013
- Language: English
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3.65(110 ratings)
Splat the Cat can’t wait to be in his school play about castles and kings and queens–maybe he’ll even get to play a knight! Will Splat find a way to steal the show? Join him and his classmates for another hilarious Splat the Cat adventure!
... Read moreSplat the Cat: Splat the Cat Sings Flat
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: August 09, 2011
- Language: English
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3.71(6103 ratings)
When Splat’s teacher announces that the whole class is going to sing for their parents on Parents’ Night, Splat is worried: he’s afraid to speak in public, much less sing in public!
In fact, he’s so nervous he can’t even manage a simple “meow.” What will it take for Splat to overcome his stage fright and make his parents proud?
Splat the Cat Sings Flat, Splat’s I Can Read debut, captures the experience of facing one’s fears with warmth and humor. Young readers will beg for an encore!
... Read moreSplat the Cat: The Name of the Game
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: June 26, 2012
- Language: English
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3.8(240 ratings)
Splat the Cat’s friends Spike and Plank are coming over to play games. Splat is excited to play with them . . . until everything starts to go wrong! First he trips and falls in Mouse, Mouse, Cat–and then he can’t find a good hiding spot in hide-and-seek. Readers will delight as Splat finds a way to have fun in the end.
The Name of the Game is a perfect story for kids just learning to read, with bright, vivid illustrations and an easy-to-follow text full of Splat’s signature humor!
... Read moreSplat the Cat: The Rain Is a Pain
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: October 02, 2012
- Language: English
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3.67(263 ratings)
Splat the Cat: Twice the Mice
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: October 20, 2015
- Language: English
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3.68(117 ratings)
Splat gets to meet Seymour’s brother, Brice, in this fun-filled I Can Read book from New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton.
Splat is thrilled when he finds out that Seymour’s brother is coming to visit. Splat even stays up all night planning ways to impress his new friend. Although Splat’s big surprise takes a calamitous turn, everyone ends up having even more fun than they expected!
Beginning readers will practice the –ice sound in this easy-to-read addition to the Splat series.
Splat the Cat: Twice the Mice is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
... Read moreSplat the Cat: Up in the Air at the Fair
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: February 25, 2014
- Language: English
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3.77(172 ratings)
Splat the Cat is back in New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Rob Scotton’s beginning reader Splat the Cat: Up in the Air at the Fair.
In this Level 1 I Can Read book, Splat, Spike, and Plank can’t wait to go to the fair. But when Kitten can’t come, the friends are determined to bring her back the perfect gift. Beginning readers will delight in Splat’s hilarious attempts to find the perfect present. Readers won’t even know they are learning as they have fun with the -air sound.
Splat the Cat: Up in the Air at the Fair is a is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
... Read moreSplish, Splash, Splat!
- By: Rob Scotton
- Narrator: Dan Bittner
- Length: 7 minutes
- Publisher: HarperFestival
- Publish date: April 17, 2012
- Language: English
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3.73(691 ratings)
Splat does not want to have a playdate with Spike. Spike will break his toys and eat all of his candy fish! And he does not want to learn how to swim–water is horrible, scary, and wet! He’s sure that this is going to be the worst day ever. But when the rest of their classmates rush straight into the pool, Splat and Spike find that they may have more in common than they thought. Will Splat overcome his fear of water and get into the pool? And how can he help Spike to do the same?
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