The library and reading journal of Jennifer, Librarian of the Jean Little Library.

I am the youth services librarian of a small public library in Wisconsin. You can see more about my personal library, named in honor of author Jean Little, at LibraryThing. If you are interested in having me review a book, please read my review policy. For more information about my public library, check out my youth services blog.


Saturday, December 6, 2008

Woweewoww, this is my newest favoritest book!


There are cats in this book. Not just any cats, three exquisitely curious felines - but they can't play alone! They need help turning pages, throwing yarn, being rescued, dried off, and tucked in! This is the best interactive picturebook I have come across in quite a while. The flaps and pages are designed perfectly to carry forward the experience and the brisk cheerful text complements the sprawling, brightly colored illustrations. There's only one flap - the yarn - that I have doubts about surviving eager little fingers, otherwise it's very sturdily made.
I have so far read this book to: Two preschool storytimes, my aides, my director, my parent educator, two family storytimes, and my gaming kids. They all loved it (including the parents at storytime). It is with great reluctance that I give it up to the new shelf.
Woweewoww, what a book!
Title: There are cats in this book
Author: Viviane Schwarz

2 comments:

Viviane Schwarz said...

Thank you very much for reviewing my cats on your lovely site!

I'm glad that the book caused joy in your library already! It's designed for maximum ease of sellotaping back together, I'm hoping that will add to the visual appeal on the whole by and by :)

Jennifer said...

An excellent design feature (-:) I am sure we will be utilizing it soon. Tiny, Moonpie, and Andre are currently traveling through our system, finding new page-turning friends!