Each dwelling is a distinctive, unexpected shape. At Lucy’s, there’s a cat silhouetted in one of the round, eyelike windows. “Does [the house] have…ears?” Not only do the attic dormers look just like cat ears, but the lunette over the door evokes a nose and the mailbox has feline features. A cross section shows Peter and Lucy inside, playing with a cat, and there are nine more (count them!)—as well as cat-shaped clocks, seats, beds, and more. Lucy and Peter go on to Georgina’s cupcake-shaped house, full of baked goods. Sam’s house looks like a chemistry set, and inside, Sam’s inventor dad has installed a machine for making every kind of drink. If you had such a machine, an unseen narrator asks, what beverage would you make? The four friends find that Paul’s house has wheels and can travel; his mum is repairing its engine. Twins Molly and Tom live in a treehouse, Olive in a fantastical cloud house. At the end of the day, they each return home; it’s a bit of a letdown to find that Peter’s house is pretty typical. As in Takeuchi’s other books, the simple forms and clever details of what looks like cut-paper collage encourage discovery, while questions in the text stretch viewers’ own imagination, inviting them to feel at home in the various houses on display. Peter is round-headed and pink-skinned; his friends vary in complexion.