Three Little Kittens
Three Little Kittens
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Houghton Mifflin
Annotation: Three little kittens lose, find, soil, and wash their mittens.
Genre: [Fairy tales]
 
Reviews: 4
Catalog Number: #299913
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Copyright Date: 1986
Edition Date: 1986 Release Date: 09/19/88
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: Publisher: 0-89919-796-5 Perma-Bound: 0-605-00887-6
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-89919-796-8 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-00887-8
Dewey: 398
Dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Horn Book

These four books (more to come) appear in a uniform paper-over-board edition. Galdone was a refreshingly modest illustrator: his retellings are straightforward and his unassumingly loose-lined, color-separated pictures provide just enough embellishment, as when the lazy cat in The Little Red Hen lolls on the couch, dreaming of sardines. Plenty of white space gives the stories all the room they need.

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1 Galdone lends new life and sense to the verse in this exuberant retelling of the Mother Goose rhyme with four delightful feline characters. The large type is readable and inviting, with only one or two lines of text per page. Double-page spreads are filled with vibrant watercolor washes over ink sketches. While the expressions of the cats will be the focus of children's attention, there are countless details for them to discover for themselves, such as the animal-influenced decor of the cats' home, the spice cabinet filled with different varieties of catnip, and cat ancestor portraits. Children will relate to the kittens' deserved punishment for carelessness, their theatrical displays of sorrow, and their earnest efforts to get into both their mother's good graces and that delicious looking pie. This refreshingly hearty version of the nonsense verse will be as much a favorite of adult storytellers as it will be of toddler listeners. Yvonne A. Frey, Peoria Public Library, Ill.

Word Count: 175
Reading Level: 1.6
Interest Level: P-2
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 1.6 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 44665 / grade: Lower Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:1.6 / points:1.0 / quiz:Q15382
Lexile: NP
Guided Reading Level: E

The favorite Mother Goose rhyme about the three careless kittens who lost their mittens is given added appeal with Galdone's bold and colorful illustrations.

The three little kittens may be a bit irresponsible, but they always manage to correct their mistakes in this favorite classic tale. The kittens' dramatic displays of regret, as well as their sincere efforts to get into their mother's good graces—and taste her scrumptious-looking pie!—will delight readers young and old.


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