Jet the Cat (Is Not a Cat)

Jet the Cat (Is Not a Cat) is a really silly book, but it’s serious too. It’s written by Phaea Crede and illustrated by Terry Runyan. They tell the story of Jet the Cat, who is different than other cats, because she likes to swim. Since Jet likes to swim, and that’s really unusual for a cat, it makes the other cats think she’s not a cat.

That really doesn’t bother Jet, so she goes along and lets the other cats tell her that because she likes water she is NOT a cat, that she’s a frog. Then the frogs tell her she’s not a frog, and then the goat and the bird, but finally Jet has had ENOUGH, and tells her friends that she might be different, but she is still a cat.

And then something surprising happens, but you’ll have to read it to find out. Even though the other animals tell her that she’s something else, Jet knows what she is all along. And that is the most important lesson of all.