Too Much of a Good Thing? Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat loves pizza.

Pete the Cat loves parties.

Pete had a idea--he would have a Pizza Party!

Pete knows that the PERFECT pizza is a pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese. What could be better? What could be simpler?

It's an EASY-PEASY PIZZA PARTY!

Pete's friends all arrive, ready to build their own pizza.
There's just one problem....

No one else wants pepperoni with extra cheese.

Callie calls for pretzels on her pizza.

"Well, that's something new," Pete muses. "But maybe pretzels could be groovy, too!"

But Squirrel wants pistachios on his pizza. Grumpy Toad opts for pickle pizza. Gus the Duck prefers popcorn on his pizza, and Alligator picks papayas for his topping. Pete picks up his guitar and plays a riff:

"It's a pizza, a pepperoni, pretzel, pickle and pistachio, popcorn and papaya pizza!"

OUT OF SIGHT!
DYNAMITE!
JUST RIGHT!"

It's different strokes for different folks, and when better to try something new than New Year's Eve, in Kimberly and James Dean's latest Pete The Cat picture book, Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party (Harper, 2019). It seems that if it's hot enough and has cheese on top, it's a pizza, and Pete the Chef makes a diverse pizza for every one of his friends. Kimberly Dean writes the rhymes and artist James Dean draws the daring diners and tasty toppings, even tempting his adventurous eaters with endpapers picturing yet more er, groovy combinations for exotic toppings. just in case they feel like, Oh, I don't know... an avocado and artichoke pizza? Bon Appetit!