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Comet's Nine Lives

by Jan Brett

Hardcover, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

813.69

Tags

fiction, children, primary school, picture book, cats

Genres

Children's Books

Collection

Children's Lit & Picture Books

Publication

G P Putnam's Sons (1996), Edition: Library Binding, Hardcover, 1 pages

Description

Comet the cat uses up eight of his nine lives trying to find the right place to live on Nantucket Island.

User reviews

LibraryThing member BVstorytime

Comet the cat uses up eight of his nine lives trying to find the right place to live on Nantucket Island.

LibraryThing member bethlynlucas

The illustrations are wonderfully detailed and Comet is adorable. You really feel for the poor homeless cat. Children will find the book humorous at times and it has a happy ending.

LibraryThing member ecrobinson

In this story, a cat named Comet takes advantage of his nine lives until he finds home. He looses lives by being clumsy and mysterious. He gets poised by foxgloves, toppled by books, drowned by the tide, deaf by a tuba, fell into a strawberry shake, flown out of a bike basket, flown through the air

with a curtain landing on top of him, and finally trampled by a hurricane. It took Comet eight lives, but he finally found a place he was happy to call home and spend the rest of his life.

LibraryThing member rlhopper

This book is about a cat named Comet. Comet is very adventurous but his lives are disappearing very fast. Each time he loses a life, he decides that something needs to change in his life. He may decide that he needs a family or that he needs some fresh salt air. However, none of these things turn

out to be the right move for him and he loses one of his nine lives each time. Finally he finds where he is meant to be forever. He ends up with another cat in a lighthouse and decides that after losing eight of his lives, this is where he is meant to be forever.

LibraryThing member aecrozier

This book is about a cat named Comet that lives on Nantucket Island. Comet's story is about all of his nine lives and how he comes in close contact with death on several occasions. Once he has used up his eighth life, his adventures bring him to the lighthouse cat. Comet decides that he wants to

spend the rest of his life with her at the lighthouse.

LibraryThing member kmsmith13

This is a funny book because it is about a cat in a place where there are only dogs. He looks everywhere for a companion but cannot find one anywhere. To make things even worse he is losing his nine lives way to quickly. At the end of the story he finally finds his cat companion and spends his last

(long) life with his new friend. This book would be good for counting because it talks about each of the cats nine lives. Also, it has some great illustrations. I would recommend this book to older elementary school kids.

LibraryThing member cejerry97

Comet's Nine Lives is about a cat named Comet who lives on Nantucket Island. He has many different accidents around the town, such as falling into a blender and being launched out of a bicycle basket. With each accident, one of his "nine lives" dies. Comet gets washed into a lighthouse with one

life left and meets a girl cat. He wants to stay with this cat for the "rest of his life" - his accidents are over.
Type: Picture book, intermediate
Genre: fantasy
Illustrations: pencil

LibraryThing member slrice

Comet is a curious and clumsy cat living in a dog eat dog world. As Comet wonders around town trying to find a place where he will fit in; he has accidents thus the countdown of his nine lives begins. By the end of the story Comet will have experienced many different aspects of life and possibly

find a place he can call home.

LibraryThing member msshank

Comet's Nine Lives is a interesting book about a cat and his adventures. It may be to advanced for first or second graders. However, it is a good book for kids who may like cats.

LibraryThing member ssdaffron

This story is about a cat named Comet and he realizes that it is time for him to settle down in his world. All of a sudden, no matter what Comet tries to do or wherever he goes, his lives are disappearing instantly. He goes to different scenes and experiences different events that seem to be

getting him in a bind with his number of lives. Comet ends up in a terrible storm an a huge wave carries him to the steps of a open doorway. Comet then finds himself where he needs to be and with the one that he will spend the rest of his life with.

LibraryThing member kag026

Comet the cat goes through eight of his nine lives. He was trying to find the place he wanted to stay and live in. He ends up living at the lighthouse on the beach in nantucket.

LibraryThing member RebeccaMichelet

Comet is a cat who is born on Nantucket Island. He has nine lives, but each day as he travels around the island, he does something that causes him to lose a life. The first life was lost due to the foxgloves he ate, the second was from books falling on him, the third when he fell of a boat and fell

into the sea, the fourth when he landed in a tuba, the fifth when he fell into a strawberry milkshake, the sixth when he was thrown from a bike, the seventh when an actress threw her shoe at him because she was allergic to cats, and then the eighth when he was caught in a hurricane. After he lost his eighth life he met another cat, and then stayed at the light house.

LibraryThing member smilz23

Comet is a kitty who lives on Nantucket Island. He is a curious kitty always getting into trouble even when he doesn't mean too. Throughout Comet's story he loses each of his nine lives in his search for a home.

Classroom connections: This book could be used as a counting book from one to nine. It

could be scary for young readers as the cat loses his lives. It could be used to introduce idioms using the 9 lives of a cat and the fact that this is not a literal interpretation. This story can also be used just for fun reading.

LibraryThing member cnbryant

This book would be good to use in an instructional read aloud about prediction. A good strategy is a book in a bag using artifacts to help make predictions. I think students will like to see how Comet looses his lives and what happens to him at the end.

LibraryThing member lkartje

This is a nice story about Comet the cat that, while looking for a place to live, loses eight of his lives. On his last life, he finds anther cat and they end up living together. This story is one that has a happy ending and can be geared more toward younger or older readers. This book could be

nicely used in a classroom due to its foreshadowing and its ideas of adventure and using the time that you have to be happy.

LibraryThing member Lizziep

This book is a fun tale of a cat who seems to be a little too clumsy. The illustrations of the story bring the reader to the beach and are so detailed, one can almost taste the salty air. The character of comet is fun and Brett does a wonderful job at making the many time comet dies, lighthearted.

This story is also about finding out where one belongs and feels most comfortable, something people seek for most of their lives. In the end comet finds his place and it gives the reader hope that there is a place in life for them as well.

LibraryThing member awoodham93

Comet the cat keeps having many close calls. Comet eats a poisoness plant, gets crushed by a pile of books, gets lost at sea, and many other things. Each time Comet gets himself into trouble he is sure he has lost one of his nine lives. Comet desperately wishes he could find another cat on his

island to ask them if his lives should be dissapearing so quickly. Finally, Comet gets hit by a huge wave and is pushed into the light house doorway. There went life number eight. But to Comet's surprise, he hears a meow and meets the lighthouse cat! Comet is so thankful he has one lfie left because he knows he has finally found his home.

LibraryThing member SamiRomanecz

I really enjoy this book and have since I was a little kid. It tells such a great story but still continues to tell the story within the pictures. This is one of those books that you will take with you forever!

LibraryThing member larasimmons2

This is a simple but hilariously amusing story. The story is about Comet and how he is choosing to live his lives. The main theme of the book is that you have to choose to live your life with the time you are given.

I liked this book. For example, it takes on a humorous approach to death. Death can

be a tough subject for younger readers, but this takes a more holistic approach to how you can live.

I also really liked the illustrations. I always find Jan Brett's illustrations to take a detailed approach to her illustrations. The illustrations in this book certainly did not prove otherwise. I found the ocean to be detailed, and Comet's fur to be so textured I wanted to pet him. This book is a fun approach to life.

LibraryThing member ewestr1

This book was a great read, but I'm not sure I would read it to younger children because I found the story to be humorous, but sad that the cat technically kept dying throughout the book. I liked the author's humorous approach to death. We all have heard about how cats all have 9 lives, so it's

funny to see how Comet loses his lives. I think the illustrations are beautiful and it's funny to see that all of the characters that should be humans are depicted as animals in this book. I think that the author's message in this book is to enjoy life as it comes to you like Comet did.

LibraryThing member Whisper1

Comet the cat lived on and roamed all over Nantucket Island. One day after eating the flowers of fox glove, she fell into a deep coma, and then lost one of her lives. Another day, settling on top of a rack of books in the bookstore, suddenly, she lost balance and was buried, she watched as life

number two floated on by. All too quickly, Comet's remaining lives slipped away, until one day Hurricane Elmadore headed straight to Nantucket, taking all things in the pathway and scattering them, with Comet into the sea. As the eighth life flew away, Comet landed near the lighthouse. Finding another light house cat, she knew she wanted to live out her remaining days happily near the lighthouse and the cat who loved her.

LibraryThing member jaelynculliford

This book is about a white cat named Comet. Comet always knew he had nine lives, but never thought about it till he lost one. Now his lives are going by so quickly. This book is colorful and deep but I never would read it to my children.

LibraryThing member AliciaTrotman

I liked this book for three reasons. First, I like that the illustrations depicted how Comet lost a life and the next scene could help the reader predict what would happen next. I also like that it showed the ghost life of Comet floating away. Second, I liked that the text was easy to understand

and each time Comet lost a life the text related it to the cause of his death. For example, after Comet fell into a tuba and died, the text says “Three waltzes and a Sousa march later, Comet staggered away, and life number four sounded its last chord”. Third, I liked the characters in the book. Besides Comet, all the other animals, minus a few birds and another cat, were dogs. I thought that it was very interesting.

LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Lovely. I recall it being one of my favorite Brett because of the unfamiliarity of the story. And of course all the seashells, ropes, etc. in the illustrations were wonderful.

LibraryThing member klamproe

Comet is a cat who lives on the island of Nantucket. The book tell the story of comet trying to find a home and in the process he losses eight of his nine lives. Comet faces many accidents while trying to find where he belongs when he finally makes it to a lighthouse. A cat lives in the lighthouse

and Comet knows that he has found home.

Subjects

Nantucket Island (Mass.) Fiction

Awards

Buckaroo Book Award (Nominee — 1999)

Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1998)

Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (Massachusetts)

Language

Original publication date

1996

Physical description

1 p.; 10.28 x 9.05 inches

ISBN

0399229310 / 9780399229312

Local notes

Like all cats, Comet knew he had been born with nine lives. But he'd never thought much about it until the day he lost life number one in a flower garden on Nantucket. Now Comet's lives begin to disappear all too quickly, as he gets into one humorous predicament after another. Then comes the day of the big hurricane.

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