Friday, December 5, 2008

Millions of Cats

Author/Illustrator: Wanda Gag
Year: 1928
Age Level: 4-8

Plot Summary: And old man and his wife are lonely but they get the idea that having a cat would be nice. So the old man sets out to find a cat, but he winds up finding millions of cat. He has a little trouble picking just one and so in the end all of the cats follow him home, leaving a wasteland behind them. The old man and his wife can't keep all the cats, so what are they going to do?

Red flags: Cat deaths.

My Rating: A. This is a great, really well done book. The pictures and text are nicely designed and integrated. The language is lively and appropriately repetitive.

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