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Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty (2009)

by Nick Bruel(Favorite Author)

4.16 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1596433426 (ISBN13: 9781596433427)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Roaring Brook Press

review 1: This hilarious book will hook kids new to reading chapter books with its goofy humor and exaggerated illustrations. It’s Bad Kitty’s birthday, and she’s hoping for a really special birthday gift. All of the neighborhood cats come: Chatty Kitty, Strange Kitty, Twin Kitties and Stinky Kitty. But someone keeps sneaking away with the presents after they’ve been unwrapped! Bad Kitty reminds me of Garfield the Cat and Calvin and Hobbes, but this story reads more like a traditional chapter book with lots of illustrations. Bruel balances simple sentences with a fast-paced story that’s perfect for new readers. He’s even thrown in all sorts of nonfiction information in Uncle Murray’s Fun Facts. If you like this book, try other Bad Kitty books in the series — they’v... moree hooked many reluctant readers who read this again and again!
review 2: 3 1/2 stars. Some funny parts, for sure...and as a kid, I would've loved it even though I'd hardly call it great literature today. Kids just love this stuff even though there's better literature out there at this reading level. But it is appropriate for intermediate readers...and it's written as a graphic novel. It's funny...not too terribly clever, although a few details--Stinky Kitty, for instance--are great. I read this one aloud to my second graders who LOVED it. Sigh...they love funny less

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