The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me who has always dreamed of owning a sweet shop. His ambition is strengthened by the fact that there is an abandoned building named The Grubber, an old English word for a sweet shop, near where he lives. One day, he finds that the old building has been renovated and has become the head office for The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company. Billy then meets its workers: a Giraffe with an extendable neck; a Pelican, or "Pelly" as he is called by the others, who has a flexible upper beak; and a singing and dancing Monkey, all of whom he quickly befriends. Having
Me and My Cat? no doubt respond with laugh-track chuckles, especially to the sight of a boy squatting in a litter box. My test audience -- that is, my inner 6-year-old -- obviously did not." while "Kirkus Reviews" calls it "Silly good fun." and "Publishers Weekly" wrote "this latest by Kitamura spotlights an offbeat sense of humor and a flair for comic-book layout." It has also been reviewed by "Booklist", the "School Library Journal", and "The Horn Book Magazine". "Me and My Cat?" has been adapted for the stage. Me and My Cat? Me and My Cat? is a 1999 children's picture book by