Oh, the cat is SO CUTE in this book and also very real! Also, a great look at change and growing up from the cat's point of view. Any feline lover/owner will love this. ( )

Ah, to watch the little boy grow up reading books...I mean rectangles. We see familiar titles on the book shelf (see if you can spot them in the illustrations). We go from being read to (with "The Snowy Day") to bigger reads (Encyclopedia Brown) to even bigger ("The Hobbit"). I know I will see this evolution with Audrey someday and already it feels bittersweet.

But for those who have a cat (I do not). I think they can relate to the escapades of reading while owning a cat. ;) ( )

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. ( )

really clever story of boy learning to read over time, and how the cat helps ( )