AR: 4.2

This is a great tale of the love of a little girl for her cat and kittens. ( )

April is a little girl whose cat ends up having kittens, but her family's apartment is too small for more than one cat. Actually, the apartment is too small for even April to have a real bed. April loathes the idea of giving up any of the cats, and eventually a solution that will allow for April to keep more than one cat.

This book has a timeless quality, the sentiment of a girl wanting to keep all her cats is still valid today. The illustrations of the small soft and furry kittens are gorgeous, with an airbrushed, effervescent quality to them. It's a beautiful book, with a message about making compromises.

This book is one of the books that would be given to a young pet owner. I felt that this book speaks t the owner of not only cats, but for any child who as ever loved a pet. The way that Newberry illustrates her stories and allows the pictures to very discreetly describe the text even further could have been expounded on more. The use of the pictures to me as a reader would not have peaked my interest as a child because they didn't allow the story to come alive, thus the 4 star rating. ( )

This is a wonderful story about April and her cat. Sheba her cat had 3 kittens. The apartment in which was too small for 4 cats. So the parents and April give two kittens away. April thinks she wants the little girl kitten and wants to give the mother Sheba away to her aunt but soon changes her mind. However her parents move to an apartment big enough for both the cats. This book would be perfect to go along with Barkis. I would do a lesson on how to properly take care of pets. This book would be better suited for 2nd and 3rd graders. ( )