A recent piece for Ranger Rick magazine (the best magazine ever for kids to learn about animals) about why cats love being in boxes. It's part of their predatory nature. They have to take their prey by surprise! I thought I would make the box sort of like a real clubhouse to exaggerate this idea. "Welcome, prey!", he's thinking. "You are no match for my cunning ways, and I will pounce on you as soon as you walk by. So walk already. Why are you just lying there ? OK, I'll wait for you to cross my threshold. "
Here's the layout with the illustration in place. Kids get to ask these questions and see their names in print with the answers. How cool is that?
Later I experimented with a dramatic view. Now we are in our own box looking at him.
We could all wait forever. Or take a nap.
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