Boots and Cats : A beatboxing book with audio

Author: Hazel Gardner

Picture storybooks

Published on 30 April 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Macmillan Children's Books) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 32 pages
250 x 251 x 7mm | 186g

Have fun with sounds in this super silly beatboxing book – perfect for kids who like to read aloud!Introducing Boots and Cats, silly brilliant fun from author Hazel Gardner and prolific illustrator Fred Blunt. Enjoy the free audio track from professional beatboxer Conrad Murray - scan the QR code and beatbox along! With bobbing bunnies, guinea pig wigs and a high-wire act from an elephant this innovative, entertaining book is bursting with wild, unexpected sounds. Inspired by the rhythms of beatboxing, it's hilariously satisfying to read aloud. Beatbox along with the audio QR code, toe-tapping guaranteed!Using the well-known beatboxing starting point pattern of Boots and Cats this book takes you on a fantastical, magical ride, down to a deep-sea diner, a nightclub where ducks dance and an exhilarating rollercoaster ride.

Bold, wacky and brilliantly funny, Boots and Cats tickles the imagination, reminding us all to find the fun in reading aloud - and to do it together!