Kitty Sweet Tooth - Hardcover

Denson, Abby

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1250196779 ISBN 13: 9781250196774

Publisher: First Second, 2021

Synopsis

In this adorable and silly graphic novel written for young readers, Kitty Sweet Tooth runs a movie theater that serves up magical (and unpredictable) desserts. Featuring delicious text from author Abby Denson, and bright, colorful illustrations by Utomaru.

There’s just one thing Kitty Sweet Tooth loves more than going to movies, and that’s eating delicious desserts. Now that Pop-Pop’s movie theater has fallen on hard times, Kitty decides that only dessert can keep it from closing its doors. With a coat of paint, a tasty new menu, and a lot of hard work, Kitty and her friends transform this ramshackle theater into the Taste-O-Rama, a combination movie house restaurant.

At the Taste-O-Rama, special film screenings are paired with custom-made dishes. But when you have a mad scientist and a witch working in the kitchen, recipes can go awry! On opening night, the theater is flooded with magical jelly that grows out of control. How can Kitty Sweet Tooth and her friends save the day?

About this title

About the Authors

Abby Denson is the author of Uniquely Japan, Cool Tokyo Guide, Cool Japan Guide, Dolltopia, and Tough Love: High School Confidential. She has written for comics including The Amazing Spider-Man Family, The Powerpuff Girls, The Simpsons, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Disney Adventures. Abby is the writer (with artist Utomaru) of the Kitty Sweet Tooth graphic novel series from First Second.

Utomaru is a Tokyo-based illustrator, art director, and graphic designer whose credits include character design on Muteking the Dancing Hero, a reboot of a classic anime series, and illustrating the Kitty Sweet Tooth graphic novel series. She studied graphic design at Tama Art University and her main influences are cartoons by Fleischer Studios and Tex Avery, movie posters from the 1960s to the 1980s, as well as American and Japanese comics and animation.

Reviews

Gr 1-5-Meet Kitty Sweet Tooth, a young purple cat whose fondness for all things sugary never gets in the way of good dental hygiene-one of the book's first scenes shows her getting kudos from her dentist, Dr. Shine. When Kitty discovers that Pop-Pop is about to sell his theater, she steps in to become the theater manager and convert the dilapidated cinema into a combination restaurant and movie house. She enlists the help of a scientist named Dr. Battina Redwing and her collaborator, Walter Witch, and together they get the theater ready to reopen. For their first film, they whip up Mega-Expanding Jelly, but an accidental spill causes the dessert to go haywire and soon the guests are swimming in a sea of jelly! Fortunately Kitty's quick thinking saves the theater from a total gelatin fiasco. Readers will salivate over the magical snacks, and adults will get a chuckle out of the clever film references (Planet of the Crepes, for instance). Despite Kitty's best efforts, each new snack and movie combo causes a surprising and hilarious debacle that must be solved by the trio of clever entrepreneurs. Utomaru's bold line art and vibrant illustrations fill each page with lively, magical scenes; eagle-eyed readers will spot hidden details. Text and dialogue are placed in distinct, easy-to-read speech bubbles and text boxes, perfect for young readers. The world is filled with an enormous variety of creatures, most of whom are animals, though Walter Witch is a human with green skin. The plot for a sequel is teased in the last few frames of the story and instructions for a combination snack and science experiment are included on the final pages. VERDICT A sweet treat of a story that's sure to satisfy chapter book readers.-Laken Hottle, Providence Community Lib.α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: First Second
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250196779
• ISBN 13: 9781250196774
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Utomaru
• Number of pages: 96