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Matilda's Cat (2012)

by Emily Gravett(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0230745377 (ISBN13: 9780230745377)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

MacMillan Children's Books

review 1: This is an adorable picture book about a girl who tries to find out what her cat likes and engages in a lot of typical activities that kids are fond of but that some-to-most cats are not. Very sweetly illustrated with warm, colorful, gentle, pastel/watercolor-looking pictures, a funny-faced cat, and a little white girl with blond curls. (This so could have been done with a more diverse protagonist. Sigh.) Still, very cute, very innocuous, and very sweet.
review 2: Super-simple book that's perfect to hit the Common Core Standard of Print Concepts. The text says "Matilda's cat likes playing with wool," on a page where we see Matilda (so cute in her cat suit) playing with yarn while her cat hides. Turn the page and "playing with wool" is now crossed off and "boxes... more" is added. Again, Matilda is enjoying the boxes but the cat, not so much.Pair with "Chester" by Melanie Watt to talk about how the print on the page has meaning and the technique of drawing a line through those words as a disqualifier. less

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