THE BIG IMAGINATION
Super Seamus
The first to announce a mission. Sometimes the last to notice the answer beside him. His cape doesn’t have a map. Good thing Annie brought her nose.
Book illustrations are AI-generated under the creative direction of C. J. McGuire.P. W. Quigley is a name for this illustration process, not a human illustrator.
READ-ALOUD ADVENTURES · AGES 5–7
A cape.
A nose.
A cat with plans.
Welcome to a very ordinary neighborhood. Seamus, Annie and Finn are about to make it extraordinary.
A MISSING CAT. A FRIENDSHIP BEGINS.
The Case of
the Missing Cat
When a neighbor’s cat disappears, Seamus has a cape, a brave face and a magnificent announcement. Annie has found a sandwich.
A small rescue mission is about to become a very big day.
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EVERY HERO NEEDS A TEAM
Different ideas.
Very good friends.
THE WONDERFUL NOSE
Annie the Wonder Pup
When Seamus becomes Super Seamus, Annie becomes the Wonder Pup, little cape and all. A useful nose. Glorious black curls. A firm belief that lunch is an emergency too.
THE INDEPENDENT PLAN
Finn
Meet the Feline Flash. Seamus supplies the heroic introduction; Finn escapes the cape before it’s over. His window is the lookout. The faucet is the refreshment stand. Seamus is the staff.
THE LAST WORD
Lily
Seamus’s seven-year-old sister usually watches his grand missions with an eye roll. Sometimes she has to help. She makes sure he hears about it. He gives as good as he gets.
THE HOME TEAM
Mom & Dad
Big imaginations are welcome. Cats on the counter are another matter. Mom and Dad help when a mission needs grown-up hands, and remind the team that even superheroes have to clean up.
Familiar neighbors, school friends and everyday family life give every adventure somewhere to begin, and a home to come back to.
FOR THE GROWN-UPS
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FOR PARENTS AND GROWN-UP READERS
Read it with your whole voice.
Announce the mission. Pause for the sandwich. Try “To the rescue!” in your biggest voice, and later, your smallest.
There’s room here for the reader to perform and the child to get the joke first.
FOR TEACHERS & LIBRARIANS
Give their imaginations something to do.
While the Seamus books are in development, try free classroom and library activities for noticing, storytelling and performing. No C. J. McGuire book needed.
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