Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie

Written by James Dean and Kimberly Dean

Narrated by James Fouhey

Put on your dancing shoes—Pete is ready to boogie!

Pete is learning a new dance—the Cool Cat Boogie! When he hears a groovy beat, he’s full of happy in his feet. But when Grumpy Toad tells him, “Pete, you dance all wrong!” Pete is determined to become a better dancer.

With the help of his friends and some wise words from Owl, Pete learns that he’s his grooviest when he’s being himself.

Join Pete the Cat in this groovy story from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator team James and Kimberly Dean! 

Don't miss Pete's other adventures, including Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, Pete the Cat Saves Christmas, Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses, Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues, Pete the Cat and the New Guy, Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes, Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party, and Pete the Cat: Crayons Rock!

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Jul 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9780063022546

James Dean

James Dean is the #1 New York Times bestselling creator and illustrator of Pete the Cat. He is a self-taught artist originally from Fort Payne, Alabama. He published his first book, The Misadventures of Pete the Cat, a history of his artwork, in 2006, and he illustrated his first children’s book, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, in 2008. There are now dozens of published Pete the Cat titles, all inspired by James’s real-life rescue pet.

[Neo Zheng · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very good book. Kids love it a lot. Recommend for all.

[Maryna Yurchenko · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love this audiobook and the funny story from the author

[jfranklin592262 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This Pete the Cat story is about dancing to the beat of your own drums.....literally. Pete learns that there is no right or wrong way to dance.....just feel the music in your own way and let it move you. Children always love the fun vibrant illustrations and humor in this series, and this book is no different.

[jfe16 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Pete the Cat is learning a new way to dance . . . the Cool Cat Boogie . . . and whenever he hears a groovy beat, he’s one happy cat.

Then Grumpy Toad tells him he’s dancing all wrong, and Pete is determined to become a better dancer. Pete’s friends try to help, but Owl’s wise words help Pete to discover it’s always best to be himself.

This charming children’s picture book includes instructions for dancing the Cool Cat Boogie. Young and not-so-young readers alike are sure to be delighted with Pete’s newest adventure.

Highly recommended.

[abigailadams26 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Pete the Cat is much abashed when his friend Grumpy Toad tells him that he is dancing all wrong in this ninth full-size picture-book devoted to his adventures, setting out to discover the 'right' way to move. Loving dance, and feeling impelled to move to the beat, Pete wants to do his Cool Cat Boogie the best he can. His initial missteps, under the dance tutelage of various friends, eventually lead him to wise old Owl, who gives him the best advice of all: be himself!

The fourth Pete the Cat book written by Kimberly Dean, rather than original author/song-writer Eric Litwin, Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie is a fairly engaging tale, and probably my favorite thus far, of the Dean titles in the series. Although the text is still a bit awkward, the rhymes here work better than in previous tales. I appreciated the overall message, of being true to yourself, rather than worrying about how others perceive you, and I liked the use of the phrase "I'm full of happy in my feet," as I have sometimes felt something of the sort, when listening to up-tempo music. As with the previous Kimberly Dean Pete the Cat books, there is a subtle nod to the Bible in the author's dedication, in which she mentions the biblical verse Ecclesiastes 3:4. This is easily enough ignored, for those uninterested in religion, while those who seek to relate this tale to some sort of religious moral, will find the very verse that will allow them to do so. Recommended to Pete the Cat fans, as well as to anyone looking for children's stories about having confidence and being oneself.