A Cat and a Dog

My toddler son and 5-year-old daughter love when I read this book. It is funny and imaginative. The translations seem to work well. The illustrations are vibrant and I think they would work well in a classroom. This is the only bilingual book I own that my kids actually request often.

My son LOVES this book. I read it to him a few times and now he won't let me read it at all. He wants to read the book to me. He's only 3-years old, but has memorized the story. It's a simple, yet darling story. Great for storytime.

This is a wonderful dual language book, among the best I've read. As a reader for the Denver Public Library and the Children's Museum of Denver, I've been pleased to present this book to many audiences since I first discovered it. In fact, this was the gift book that I presented to more than two dozen Head Start children on behalf of the library in the spring 2005. It was wonderful to see each child take away a copy for his/her personal library. The book is sparsely illustrated throughout, but the watercolor illustrations are nonetheless striking. The artist's use of a limited palette and the combination of a stark white background on many of the pages leave much room for the clever story, which builds to a satisfying resolution of friendship and reconciliation. The Spanish text is not difficult to read, even for the novice. However, the English language text is there for those uneasy about their Spanish language proficiency. I highly recommend this book for young readers, and I heartily encourage parents to add this text to their son or daughter's collection.

This simple story simply entices our heart away from stress and strain. Can you image how a cat and a dog live under the same roof fight for more than a hundred times a day? The straightforward drawings and color blocks depict those ugly fighting and, finally a bulb-lighting idea of becoming good friends. Seeing the blue cat and the yellow dog gradually changing their position on the pages, one can also feel the transfer of the atmosphere. Isn't this magic?