Cats from many different countries may like to do all kinds of strange and exotic things like fly aeroplanes, or sing and dance, or even play the violin - but my cat, an ordinary round-the-house cat, likes to hide in boxes . . .

Very young children will love joining in with this fun rhyming story that is also just right for beginner readers. The lively illustrations by Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd are sure to appeal to cat lovers of all ages.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2010 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Lynley Dodd is New Zealand's bestselling children's author/illustrator and has an international following. My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes was her first foray into children's books and was a collaboaration with her cousin by marriage, Eve Sutton. Her first Hairy Maclary book was published in 1983 and her subsequent stories have become firm favourites. Lynley lives in Tauranga, New Zealand, with her husband Tony, and a fiendish Burmese cat, Suu Kyi.