Splish, Splash, Splat! audiobook

The book started out with Splat dreaming of candy fish. He tries to get them and that is about the time his mom wakes him up. Splat is told to go take a bath and cleanup for school, and after he got caught trying to skip the bath, his mom makes him get in the tub. This is where we first find out Splat doesn’t like the water, he in fact is afraid of it. While in the bath, Splat’s mom shocks him with the announcement that today he is going to learn to swim at school. Before Splat could react to that, his mom drops another shocker on him; Spike is coming over for playtime. Splat is beside himself, Spike is the bully cat that eats all of Splats candy fish and breaks his toys. What a rotten day Splat is going to have. As he is walking to school, Spike rides by on his bike and splashes Splat with water from a puddle. At school, Mrs. Wimpydimple told the class that they were getting in the pool, and only the weird cat Plank was happy. Eventually every cat gets into the pool, except for Splat and Spike. Spike keeps running back for more floaties and animal rings, goggles and snorkels until there wasn’t anything else to put on. Both Splat and Spike kind of freak out when Mrs. Wimpydimple tells them to get into the pool, and that’s when they learn that both of them were afraid of the water. Splat uses a fishing line and candy fish to trick Spike into the water, and eventually Splat gets the courage up to get into the pool himself. They realize that it isn’t as bad as they though it was. The two of them play in the pool together, and after school play at Splat’s house. Spike only eats some of Splat’s candy fish, and only breaks one of the toys. In the end they became friends.

Splat doesn’t like Spike—he eats all his candy fish and plays with his toys until they break—and he also doesn’t like water—it’s scary, wet and makes him soggy. Splat is not happy when he has to have a play date with Spike and learn to swim on the same day. However, things turns out to the better when Splat and Spike bond over their fear of water and learn to get over it together and eventually become friends. The illustrations are made in mixed media. They are quirky and fun and match the humour of the story perfectly. Scotton uses frames in a very interesting way. Images would sometimes have very strong frames in a black line and a detailed background inside the frame, but part of the image would always seem to escape outside the frame: a tail, a pawn, a leg, a nose, a candy fish. It breaks the clear, clean, strong frame in a playful way that adds and matches the story. Other images have no frames at all and little to no background. These sometimes were combined in the same page to convey animation or sudden action, almost like panels in a comic without the frames. Other times, he would use bleed for dramatic effect on the more dynamic images. This is a great book for talking about tolerance and not judging a person too quickly.

Splat's day from the beginning was not turning out good. From having a bath, as he hates water to a play date after school with Spike who teases him and does everything better than him. Splat's day gets worse when he is told he will have to go swimming. Everyone else goes into the pool one by one but Spike and Splat are left. Spike keeps making excuses to why he hasn't gone into the pool yet. Splat finally admits he hates water and he is scared and finally Spike admits he is just as scared. However, Splat comes up with the idea of using their favourite candy, Candy Fish to trick Spike into the pool. Spike realises the water is not so bad, which then encourages Splat to go into the pool. The story is a good read for early years. It can show that you can eventually overcome your fears and you don't have to do it alone. I think it'll help children become more courageous if the moral of the story is that you can eventually overcome your fears. Good read for children!

Splat hates baths and now he has to learn to swim. Oh the horror. Plus his mom has arranged a play date with Spike. But spike is mean, will eat all Splat’s candy, and break all Splat’s toys. Maybe these two water fearing cats can find common ground.

This book shows that even if you think you will not like something doesn't mean you shouldn't try it. Splat and Spike didn't think they would like swimming but as soon as they did it they loved it. This book is great for young readers and shows them to always try new things!

** spoiler alert ** This is a cute book in a familiar series. Splat the Cat doesn’t want to get wet...then by the end he changes his mind.

Scarlett aged 6 *****Poppy aged 4 *****

Adorable illustrations and a nice lesson about feeling fearful. My 4 yo. likes the Splat stories and they always spark discussion, which is a win in my book!

Such a cute story about a cat who like water but learns to love it.

Splat the cat is having a wonderful dream about candy fish when his mother wakes him up for school. “Spike is coming over today after school” his mother tells him, Splat is not happy about that, him and Spike don’t really get along. Before Splat could head off to school his mother tells him to take a bath, but he hates water! It makes him soggy! Then, to make his day even worse, his mother reminds him that he will be having his first swim lesson at school that day. Splat and his little mouse friend Seymour head to school and run into Spike along the way—never good. When it’s time for swim lessons at school everyone but a cat named Plank, are pretty upset. Everyone gets ready to go swim, and of course Spike points out how Splat forgot his swim trunks. Spike ends up being just as afraid of the water as Splat is, and Splat actually feels for him. He gets a candy fish from Seymour, and lure Spike into the water. Spike says, “It’s not so bad!” and Splat joins in. They realized they do have more in common than they thought. I would use this book in my classroom for inferring. I think from seeing what is happening in the story the kids may be able to infer how Splat going to act based on how he is feeling. Also, the moral for kids could be to not be bothered by those who pick on you, because you might have some of the same fears. And, always do good things even when someone may not do good things to you (two wrongs don’t make a right). Very cute story and I love the illustration!

Splat does not want to have a play date with Spike because he will take all of his things, eat his candy, and break his toys. He also does not want to learn to swim because he thinks water is horrible. Splat soon finds out that Spike, too, does not like water and doesn't want to learn to swim either. When their class goes swimming and all their classmates rush into the pool, Spike and Splat are left in a tough situation and have to figure out what to do. I think the illustrations in this book could be very humorous to young students. The cats all look very silly in swimsuits and it could be engaging to the students. Also, everyone knows that cats hate water so that could also be humorous as well. I would give this book 4 stars. This is a cute story but it is not my favorite one that I have ever read. The meaning behind it is important because in the beginning, Splat didn't like Spike but they soon found out they have more in common than they realized. It could teach the readers to not judge too quickly and give everyone a chance. Also, it helps students to overcome their fears.

Review:Splat is a great character. Splish Splash Splat is a great example of alleration, not just with 's' words but also with 'spl' words for an advanced age group. This story is great for a dicussion on real life experiences. for example, bathing, swimming and being a good friend. The illutrations in the story are detailed and colorful. The story is definitely silly and children love silly. I would use this story to discuss friendship or bath time routines. The story has rich vocabulary.Learning Experience:I would do an experiment with the children about what do you think with sink or float. I would introduce the word hypothesis. The items that would be either sinking or floating would be bath or swimming pool realted.

Splat the Cat is one of my all-time favorite characters. He is a character that so many children (kindergarteners) can relate to. In this particular book, he is afraid to go swimming in the pool because he does not like water. All of his "daily routine activities" reminds me so much of what my students do on a regular basis. Also, his friend Spike does so many things to bother him; but, everything works out at the end of the book just like it does as a 5-6 year old's day!

"Water is horrible. It's scary and wet and makes me soggy."The day is not looking promising for Splat. First, he has to take a bath. Then his mom informs him that Spike is coming over after school, which is bad enough, because Spike breaks his toys and makes fun of him. Then Spike finds out that they are doing swimming lessons at school. Even worse. I love books in the Splat series, and kids do too. Very cute book with a positive message!