So Many Cats!

I just got this book for my 18 month old son who loves cats. It's a cute story with great pictures of cats doing all sorts of things. He likes the page with the 12 cats in the bathroom making a mess. He asks to read the "meow" book all the time and he likes to point out what all the different cats are doing on each page. A fun book to read for parents and kids.

I read this book to our three girls night after night when they were small. Now they are in college and high school and for Christmas I gave them each a new copy of it for them to (eventually) read to the little ones in their lives. The illustrations and poetry are engaging and entertaining ~ I think all of us can repeat the entire book from memory! It's right up there with our other family favorites: "Ferdinand" and "Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree" and "Doggies". As the other reviewers noted, kids love to find and name the cats, to repeat the ever-growing list of kitties, and to welcome in the latest addition to the family. Great to own, great to give as a gift (kids and adults, too!).

My oldest son and I fell in love with this cat story 2 years ago and now share it daily with his younger brother. They love the rhyme, count the cats, and repeat the phrases. It's timeless and ageless, since every cat-household knows that the felines adopt us - usually when we don't expect it!

After rechecking this book from the library 3 times in a row, we decided we had to buy it. Our 3 year old daughter LOVES this book, and asks for it every night. She can name every cat and the ending delights her each and every time we read it. Absolutely a charming book.

As always I was unsure of the response this would get from my three year old. After countless readings it has become one of his favorite books. He loves to laugh at the silly cats and consistently renames a couple of his favorites. It's just repetative enough to keep him coming back but always seems to be a surprise for him. I enjoy reading it to him often and find the nearly poetic text original enough to hold my interest. A great book, I would like to find more like it.