Rotten Ralph


Rotten Ralph is a series of children's picture books written by Jack Gantos and illustrated by Nicole Rubel. About twenty Rotten Ralph books have been published from 1976 to 2011.
Rotten Ralph is also the first book in the series, a 32-page picture book published by Houghton Mifflin of Boston in 1976. It was the first published book for both Gantos and Rubel.
Alternatively, Rotten Ralph is the title character of the series, initially "a very very nasty cat" —a bright red domestic cat who enjoys playing mean, practical jokes on his human family.
There was a children's television series by Cosgrove Hall Films, Tooncan Productions and Italtoons Corporation based on the books, first broadcast on CBBC from 1998 to 2001. The show hasn't been aired in the UK since reruns ended in 2005. The show aired in the United States on the Family Channel in 1999-2001.

Books

All of the Rotten Ralph books have been written by Jack Gantos and illustrated by Nicole Rubel.
This list of nineteen titles with publishers and publication dates is compiled from U.S. national library and WorldCat library catalog records.
According to a Horn Book Magazine review of The Nine Lives of Rotten Ralph in May 2009, the series had previously comprised "eight picture books. This ninth volume flashes back to those marvelous stories and the unbridled antics therein, which, unfortunately for Ralph, shaved off eight of his lives." Eight Rotten Ralph books had then been published by Houghton Mifflin, all picture books; Nine Lives was the ninth. Four "rotten readers" had been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

TV series

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United States

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1The Taming of the Ralph
2Not so Rotten Ralph
3Happy Birthday Rotten Ralph
4Dead Man's Drop
5The Contest
6The Bongo Bob Show
7Rotten Ralph's Robbery
8Purrfect Pet
9Boogie Woogie Ralph
10Kung Fu Kitty
11Ralph's Super Duper Bloopers
12The Whole Rotten Truth
13Feline Fad
14Rotten to the Core
15Ralph's Royal Treatment
16One of Nine Lives
17Ralph's Kitten
18Ralph's Nightmare
19Twinkle Toes
20Science Contest
21Grandma's Visit
22World Cup Ralph
23Ralph's Rival
24Elementary, My Dear Ralph
25Cat Got your Tongue
26Walk and Roll
27Attack of the Killer Fleas
28Just Cuz
29The Ralph who cried Wolf
30Percy in Love
31Talent Contest
32I know what you're doing this Summer!
33Good Job Ralph
34The Art of Being Rotten
35Knucklehead
36Radio Free Ralph
37Surf's Up Ralph
38Ralph's Rotten Tooth
39Rotten Repair Service
40Cat PsychologyAfter Ralph attempts to fix the engine of the car, Dad decides that it's time for Ralph to behave like a real cat. This drives Ralph to the point of insanity, until he realized that there are two sides to acting like a real cat. The side that Dad wants and the side that would drive him out of his mind...
41Ralph's Bedside Manor
42Anything for a Buck
43Kit N' Kin
44Sweatin' with Ralph
45Snowbound
46The Secret Life of Mom
47Misrepresented Ralph
48Party Animals
49Country Club Ralph
50Dad's Time To Shine
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