Katt vs. Dogg is a children's novel written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, and illustrated by Anuki Lopez.
For as long as there have been doggs and katts (Funny Animal dogs and cats), there's been an unending hatred between the two species. The two sides have had multiple wars, and even when all other animals have put aside their differences and worked together, katts and doggs have utterly refused to be friends.
Until now.
Oscar is a young dogg who's going to camp with his family, and Molly is a young katt going to camp as well. And of course, the instant they and their families cross paths, they hate each other immediately and get to bickering.
Some days into the vacation, Oscar discovers Molly's gone missing while chasing a butterfly, not that he cares about a missing cat. Then some time later, Oscar spies a flying squirrel and goes running after it. In fact, he chases it for so long that, when he's decided he's had enough, he finds he has no idea where he is.
Naturally, both their families are devastated. The other families all start combing the forest looking for them, along with the forest ranger teams, but even their missing kids aren't enough to get the katt and dogg families to put aside their differences to work together.
Meanwhile, Oscar and Molly run into each other in the woods. While they do the usual katt-dogg hatred thing at first, they eventually decide they'd have a better chance of getting home if they work together. From there, the two start learning more about each other, and a genuine friendship begins sparking between them.
A sequel was released in December 2021 entitled Katt Loves Dogg.
Katt Vs. Dogg contains examples of:
- Animal Jingoism: Throughout the book, it’s made very clear that Katts and Doggs hate each other.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Both Oscar and Molly are very easily distracted by small animals.
- Cat/Dog Dichotomy: The whole entire premise. Katts and doggs have hated each other since the beginning of time.
- The Dreaded: Weasel-Boars. Weasels with Boar heads, they combine the worst of both into vicious predators.
- Fake-Out Make-Out: Molly kisses Oscar in front of everyone and she tells him that it was to get everyone to stop arguing and says that she was just acting.
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Molly's mother and father don't approve of her dream of being an actor. They tell her she should focus more on traditional katt things, like napping.
- Female Feline, Male Mutt: Molly and Oscar respectively, of course.
- Furry Reminder: The Funny Animal characters exhibit stereotypical traits and behaviors of their species.
- Hypocritical Humor: When Oscar gets distracted by a small animal and starts chasing it, Molly yells at him to stop and focus on getting them home. When Oscar stops, an insect passes by, and Molly immediately starts chasing after it, ignoring Oscar when he tries to remind her of what they're trying to do.
- Intrepid Reporter: Downplayed. There’s a Ferret reporter who seems to be involved with the families of Molly and Oscar.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: The story contains quite a few of them. There's the forest ranger Hawk-Owl, her Moose-Horse steed, Wolf-Bears, Alligator-Lions, and a Katt-Dogg Oscar and Molly meet in the woods. There's also Weasel-Boars.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Oscar and Molly start out as this. It changes overtime.
- Versus Title
- World of Funny Animals: The book takes place in a world of anthropomorphic animals. Interestingly, Funny Animal cats are called "katts" and dogs are called "doggs".
