Archie wants to enter his cat in the neighborhood pet show--but the cat has vanished! Though all the kids look for him, he's nowhere to be found. But Archie keeps looking. However, the pet he finally brings isn't the cat, but one of the most surprising ever! ...How can you enter a pet show when your pet runs away? That's the question Archie faces when he can't find his cat to enter in the neighborhood pet show. Fortunately, he does some fast thinking to win a prize in this beloved classic from award-winning author-illustrator Ezra Jack Keats.
Keats, Ezra Jack Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) grew up in Brooklyn and spent most of his life in New York City. Given in his honor since 1986, the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and Illustrator awards recognize the most promising newcomers whose books reflect the tradition of Ezra Jack Keats.