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K-3
Splat wants to be crowned scariest cat at school, but it's not looking good: his witch's broom is broken, so now he's in a homemade spider costume with colorful socks for legs. A comedy of errors during Mrs. Wimpydimple's ghost story gets him the prize. The story's humor relies on its illustrations, in which the frizzy, always-frazzled cat is as emotive as usual.