K Is for Kitten

This is a beautiful and well written book. We have had it almost a year and my daughter who is 3 years old still loves it.

When my son picked K Is for Kitten out at the library, I figured it would be just another cutesy, forgettable "A is for apple" sort of kids' book. Not so at all. K Is for Kitten tells the story of Rosie, a kitten who was rescued from an alley--and sticks with Rosie the whole way through! From licking a squirrel to looking cross-eyed at an insect to biting toes to snuggling up in a bed, Rosie leaps from adventure to adventure. The illustrations are entertaining, and so is the text: "S is for Shadow. Wherever she goes, a little gray kitten/Plays with her toes." and "W's Whiskers/Dripping with cream. Mice and men have them, but/Hers are supreme!" are among my favorite pages. A note to purists: this is one of those books where X does not stand for something that actually starts with X. Rather, it stands for "extra." If this bothers you an immense amount, you might want to avoid the book. Otherwise, I'd recommend it! I think my four-year-old son and my husband would agree.

This is the most unusual alphabet book I have come across. It is the story of one kitty, the one you see on the cover. That's it. One story about one kitty, not all kinds of animals, or all kinds of cats, just one kitty. "A is for alley where a kitten meowed. Finally I found, tiny and loud. The first line shows a mom, a little girl, and a big ol' dog--maybe a black lab--looking down an alley. Line two shows a tiny kitten looking straight up while two pairs of feet and one leg stand at the edge of the illustration--sandals showing painted toes, red Mary Janes, and a long gray hairy leg with claws at the end of the toes. "C is for Cream...." And the little girl shows the kitty how to lap up milk. She names the kitty Miss Rosie. "J is for Jump Onto a sack Over a barrel to Amos's back." Amos is the lab. The six pictures of this frolicksome, exuberant kitty are too precious!! "Q is for Quarrel. Here comes a real cat. 'This is my garden,' says Rosie, 'you scat!'" You should see the little kitten all hissy, standing between the dog's legs, boxing at the grown cat. Susan Jeffers, the illustrator, definitely knows her cats! "R is for Rambunctious" as Rosie climbs all over the poor dog, biting here, boxing there, hanging by the dog's ear there. "Y is for Yawn" and all three yawn--the kitty, the little girl, and the big ol' dog. And of course, "Z is for ZZzz's" while all three sleep snuggled and cozy. A must-have book for cat lovers, adult or child!

This book has such wonderful pictures in it. My little girl loves to point to the kitten on each page. The story is well writen and you can just imagine a little girl taking home a little kitten. We read this book at least twice a day. Buy it!!