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As the night approaches, the friendly house cat is set free from his home whereupon he becomes a prowler of the night, but when the morning comes, his adventure ends and the cat returns to be the friendly family pet once more. Reprint.
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From Kirkus Reviews
A first-person narration puts forth an imagined version of a cat's inner thoughts as it prowls through the night, and the events are more hushed than the horror-movie title implies. In spare, irregular rhyme, Duncan (Trapped!, 1998, etc.) leads readers on a walk as a house cat goes to ``tread on silken toes,'' ``lap from china bowls,'' or ``dream of birds and fishes.'' The text, while hardly warranting an entire picture book, sets a mood for the tranquil, moon-drenched oil paintings. Each spread is so soundless, it will have readers tiptoeing through the pages, imagining the soft padding of cat feet or the mysterious mewing of a contented kitty. Outlines of string give the cat cunning definition, as do blocks of color that create an unbroken sense of night, subtly laced with a smattering of block-printed stars, moons, and clover. While the cozy paintings are sure to please, the oddly unsatisfying poem hovers around the edges, hinting at the mysterious nature of felines, but failing to deliver adventure, surprise, or true delight. (Picture book. 4-8) -- Copyright ©2000, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
From School Library Journal
Grade 1-4-Soft, luminescent illustrations created with string and oil paints on textured paper highlight this pleasant, though unexceptional short poetic description of a cat's multifaceted personality-docile pet by day, untamed beast in dreams, adventurer by night. The double-page images are carefully crafted and artistically presented. The only jarring element in this eye-pleasing package is the placement of text in boxes of pale color that often contrast too sharply with the deep twilight shades against which they are set. Alice Schertle's I Am the Cat (Lothrop, 1999) is a short volume of descriptive verse, humorously illustrated, that young cat lovers will relish.
Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 014230090X
- ISBN 13 9780142300909
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorJohnson Steve, Fancher Lou
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