Review: Itty Bitty Kitty: #4


Look, it's true, I’m more of a dog person than someone with a fetish for felines, but Itty Bitty Kitty is so utterly adorbs and cute (although whatever you do, DON'T call her that), how could one not want to cuddle her up.

Itty Bitty Kitty features in all three tales that appear in each of the four five books (latest in the series out November 2024!) in this junior fiction series. She is teeny tiny. Winsome and mischievous. But don’t let her size fool you. With her tigress attitude and feline smarts, Kitty is the penultimate adventurer, even if those adventures extend no further than her home with her Humans.

Told in endearing first person cat-speak, each instalment is sweet and manageable for young newly independent and emerging readers. Engagingly illustrated chapters provide plenty of visual stimulation. Text is punctuated with bolded words that break up the text and signify significance.

Typography aside, Kitty’s tales are full of playful fun and cheeky abandon, perfectly encapsulating the personality of a fun-loving kitten. Kitty’s voice is full of innocence and sincerity, often peppered with indignation when things don’t quite go her way or her Humans misinterpret her benign actions as misdemeanours.

With her repertoire of cunning defence moves and innate caring nature for her favourite Human, Leo, Kitty’s antics not only score big delight with young readers, they melt hearts, too. Cute and beguiling, Kitty’s stories cover familiar family issues like dealing with the baby sitter, going to school for the first time and, worse, visiting the vet! All from on pussy cat’s point of view. Which is why this series is so seriously amusing and alluring, just like a feather stick cat toy.

Leap into it soon! You won’t be disappointed. Ideal for cat lovers and dog lovers who dote on a well-told tale straight from the animal’s mouth.

Title:  Itty Bitty Kitty #4
Authors:  Maddy Mara
Illustrator:  Noémie Gionet Landry
Publisher:  Affirm Press, $14.99
Publication Date:  26 March 2024
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781922992581
For ages:  5 – 8
Type:  Junior Fiction

Buy the Book: Boomerang Books, Affirm Press

 

 


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