Max Attacks

Max Attacks is a 2019 children's picture book written by Kathi Appelt and illustrated by Penelope Dullaghan. It is about a distractible young cat called Max who is obsessed with some fish in a bowl but continually leaves them to pounce on things including socks, shoelaces, and a lizard on a flyscreen but always returns to the bowl. He eventually "pounces" on his food bowl, eats lots, then has a cat nap.

Max Attacks

Front cover, designed by Penelope Dullaghan
Author	Kathi Appelt
Illustrator	Penelope Dullaghan
Cover artist	Dullaghan
Language	English
Genre	Children's picture book
Published	2019 (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Publication place	USA
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	40
ISBN	9781481451468
OCLC	1103823065

Reception

In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews wrote "Rollicking rhymes and playful language create an admiring third-person narrative that perfectly captures Max’s energy and charm.",^[1] commended the text typeface ("The typeface .. adds personality and enhances the humor.") and illustrations ("Textured brush strokes add to the sense of movement, while simply drawn features convey a wealth of emotion ...").^[1]

Max Attacks has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,^[2] Booklist,^[3] and the School Library Journal.^[4]