How to Give Your Cat a Bath In Five Easy Steps, by Nicola Winstanley, illustrated by John Martz

In this hilarious and clever "how-to," a little girl and a know-it-all narrator are thwarted by a cat who refuses to take a bath.  
  Step one: fill the bath
  Step two: put the cat in the bath
  Step three: put shampoo on the cat
  Step four: rinse the cat
  Step five: dry the cat 
Seems simple, right? One problem: the cat has no intention of doing ANY of these things! Watch as the steps keep changing, the cat keeps escaping, the girl keeps eating cookies and the mess keeps escalating. Soon it's not just the cat who needs a bath--it's the whole house! 
This spoof on an instruction manual features an increasingly bewildered human, a nonchalant cat and a know-it-all narrator . . . who really doesn't know it all. How DO you give a cat a bath? Read on to find out!