This book is SO much fun!!! I know I would have loved it as a kid--I was totally into "pop up" books. This one is more lift-the-flap variety and is wonderfully interactive. It would be great encouragement for reluctant "readers" as it involves the kids in the story and they must be active in order for the tale to progress. The three adorable kitties greet the reader and say "You look very nice" and invite the reader to come along and play with them. Why, isn't that a ball of yarn on the next page? the kitties wonder--could you please turn the page for us, nice reader, so we can play with it? And you do--and they do! And so on until the end when the kitties spy a cuddly blanket and decide it is nap-time (Won't you please tuck us in? Thank you! We knew you were nice!) “The cats aren’t on this page/… they’re on the next page. They’d love to play with you. They’re very friendly.” Die-cut pages and flaps change the scenes and the positions of characters in this adorably innovative book. Lifting a blanket flap wakes the three purring protagonists, who address the reader directly: “Hello. Who are YOU?/Are you NICE?/You LOOK nice./And STRONG. /Could you turn a whole PAGE?/Because there’s YARN on the next page. LOOK!” A delightfully personal, interactive book for one-on-one laptime, and a wonderfully engaging choice for younger groups in storytime. Ages 1-6
A great read aloud with fun flip overs and invitations for interaction. Used for cat storytime.
—gabim
Absolutely love how interactive this book is! If I was a kid, this would be my favorite.
—Vikis05
3/9/13 saturday storytime. good for kindergarten & 2 yr old
—Eric
Thanks John!!!!!!!!!!!!! So creative!
—loveena
