Chester's back by Melanie Watt
HarperCollins, 2008 ISBN 9780007270248
This sequel to the funny Chester (2007) the picture book about a
forward and pompous cat, which kept intruding upon the illustrator's
page, doesn't quite match the original in humour. In this new book,
Chester is part of the story about a cat living in a far away land. The
story begins like a fairy story, but Chester keeps on intruding, and
keeps this up right to the end of the book. At first he is a cave cat,
and then he gets behind the illustration and takes over all together,
calling auditions for the story. His ego sees himself in a luxury
limousine going to the theatre where he is a star, but he is drawn as a
cat with a star around his neck and so calls for a new illustrator who
will allow him to be a star.
The illustrations of this egomaniac cat are very funny and the way he
intrudes upon the page will encourage readers to look for him and
follow his antics.
Fran Knight