Binky the space cat has been promoted to lieutenant.
The book also speaks to the character education concepts of initiative, responsibility and teamwork..
In addition, the inclusion of the topic of diversity here provides an opportunity for classroom discussions about differences and our expectations about others.
This book is clever and funny, with lots of action, melodrama and laugh-out-loud physical comedy, making it enormously appealing to emerging readers.
The dialogue is mainly in cat- or dog-speak (roooph!), but Spires also includes many other sound effects (including pssssssss for peeing and poot for gas passing).
The artwork, with its limited palette of soft neutral colors, keeps the focus on the animals\' antics.
It\'s not until they\'ve nearly given up in exasperation that the two cats learn the surprising truth about Gordon --- he\'s not the dimwitted dog they thought he was! Author-illustrator Ashley Spires has created a hilarious premise for this unique series.
Ever dutiful, Binky and his colleague Gracie give it their best effort to train him, but Gordon just seems too simpleminded to be up to the task. --- Pets of the Universe Ready for Space Travel (formerly Felines of the Universe Ready for Space Travel).
He\'s a dog! Because of a new diversity program, dogs are now allowed into P.
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In fact, he\'s not a kitten at all.
But when the youngster named Gordon shows up at Binky\'s house, he\'s not the kitten Binky expected.
Is someone trying to pull the fur over his eyes? Binky the Space Cat, star of this junior graphic novel series, has been assigned an important mission: to train a new space cadet recruit.
But then he meets the new space kittenNwho isn\'t a kitten at all.
He\'s now in Charge of training the next generation of space cadets.
Binky the space cat has been promoted to lieutenant
