One morning, Peter discovers a cat in a box on his front porch. He opens it to find Bruno, a cat that stands up on two legs. Peter soon discovers that Bruno also plays, skateboards, and even chews gum, just like he does! The two become friends and do all they can together.

Bank Street College of Education Best Books, 2019. 2020 International Literacy Association selection.

Nadine Robert began her career as a video game designer, and cofounded the publishing house Comme des geants.

French. Originally published in Montreal, Canada as Peter, le chat debout by Comme des geants in 2017. English translation by Nadine Robert published in the United States by Random House in 2019.

Meet a silly and absurd cat who's like no cat you've ever met before, in this inventive and unusual book from the illustrator of the picture-book version of John Lennon's song "Imagine."

When a box arrives on Peter's doorstep, he opens it to find Bruno, a cat who is standing up on two legs. It is very odd. Bruno likes to chew bubble gum, play house, and skateboard--and refuses to engage in any catlike behavior. But Peter likes Bruno, and so they become friends and do everything they can think of together.

Jean Jullien (illustrator of the picture-book version of John Lennon's song "Imagine") is an emerging picture-book creator who works in a signature thick black line and bold, flat color. His quirky, subversive humor is childlike at its core, and kids will delight in his light and irreverent approach.