Rob Scotton

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
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Love, Splat
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 6 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperFestival
  • Publish date: April 17, 2012
  • Language: English
  • (1954 ratings)
(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... Read more
Merry Christmas, Splat
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Merry Christmas, Splat
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 6 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperFestival
  • Publish date: April 17, 2012
  • Language: English
  • (1233 ratings)
(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... Read more
Scaredy-Cat, Splat!
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Scaredy-Cat, Splat!
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 6 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperFestival
  • Publish date: April 17, 2012
  • Language: English
  • (1105 ratings)
(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... Read more
Secret Agent Splat!
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Secret Agent Splat!
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Tony Call
  • Length: 7 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperFestival
  • Publish date: March 13, 2012
  • Language: English
  • (567 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat and the Cool School Trip
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Splat and the Cool School Trip
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 6 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperFestival
  • Publish date: June 25, 2013
  • Language: English
  • (421 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat
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Splat the Cat
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 4 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperFestival
  • Publish date: April 03, 2012
  • Language: English
  • (10352 ratings)
(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,... Read more
Splat the Cat and the Duck with No Quack
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Splat 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
  • (370 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat and the Hotshot
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Splat the Cat and the Hotshot
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 6 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publish date: February 03, 2015
  • Language: English
  • (156 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat and the Quick Chicks
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Splat the Cat and the Quick Chicks
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 5 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publish date: January 26, 2016
  • Language: English
  • (172 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat Audio Collection
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Splat the Cat Audio Collection
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 46 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperFestival
  • Publish date: December 06, 2011
  • Language: English
  • (5 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat Makes Dad Glad
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Splat the Cat Makes Dad Glad
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 7 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publish date: April 22, 2014
  • Language: English
  • (161 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat Takes the Cake
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Splat the Cat Takes the Cake
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 5 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publish date: April 17, 2012
  • Language: English
  • (453 ratings)
(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,... Read more
Splat the Cat with a Bang and a Clang
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Splat 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
  • (217 ratings)
(217 ratings)
Splat’s friends are having a band rehearsal for their rock band, the Cat Gang. They want Splat to play with them, too! But what will he play?
Splat the Cat: A Whale of a Tale
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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
  • (50 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat: Back to School, Splat!
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Splat the Cat: Back to School, Splat!
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 4 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperFestival
  • Publish date: April 03, 2012
  • Language: English
  • (94 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat: Blow, Snow, Blow
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Splat the Cat: Blow, Snow, Blow
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 4 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publish date: October 01, 2013
  • Language: English
  • (218 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat: Fishy Tales
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Splat 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,... Read more
Splat the Cat: Good Night, Sleep Tight
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Splat the Cat: Good Night, Sleep Tight
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 4 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publish date: August 09, 2011
  • Language: English
  • (509 ratings)
(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.... Read more
Splat the Cat: I Scream for Ice Cream
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Splat 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
  • (1918 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat: On with the Show
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Splat the Cat: On with the Show
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 5 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperFestival
  • Publish date: April 02, 2013
  • Language: English
  • (110 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat: Splat the Cat Sings Flat
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Splat 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
  • (6103 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat: The Name of the Game
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Splat 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
  • (240 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat: The Rain Is a Pain
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Splat 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
  • (263 ratings)
(263 ratings)
Splat can’t wait to try out his brand-new roller skates! But when it starts to rain, will Splat’s fun day be ruined? Beginning readers will love the wordplay in this Splat story.
Splat the Cat: Twice the Mice
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Splat the Cat: Twice the Mice
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 5 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publish date: October 20, 2015
  • Language: English
  • (117 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splat the Cat: Up in the Air at the Fair
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Splat 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
  • (172 ratings)
(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... Read more
Splish, Splash, Splat!
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Splish, Splash, Splat!
  • By: Rob Scotton
  • Narrator: Dan Bittner
  • Length: 7 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperFestival
  • Publish date: April 17, 2012
  • Language: English
  • (691 ratings)
(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... Read more

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