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Cats' Night Out
From two cats waltzing to twenty cats in a conga line, dancing felines take to the streets, the fire escapes, and the rooftops in this charming concept picture book that is part counting and part introduction to music, dance, and rhythm. The short rhyming text makes it a perfect read-aloud treat, and with vivid illustrations from a breakout DreamWorks animator, readers and...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
March 23rd 2010
by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
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Cats that go out to dance at night. I know I've seen this trope done before, but it's hard to remember where. I suppose The Alley Cat's Meow by Kathi Appelt is the best example. Still, considering how graceful and lithe cats tend to be, you'd think it would be a more common occurrence in your average picture book fare. As it stands I think that Cats' Night Out by Caroline Stutson is a rare and wonderful little book, and not just because it involves fancy dance felines. This book has moves. It po...more
Follow a bunch of cats as they do different dances together throughout the night.
Stutson's rhyming text has a good rhythm to it and doesn't seem forced at all. I love the different outfits and settings she comes up with for each dance the cats do. Each dance gets one rhyming couplet, and then we move on to the next dance on the next page. As we go from dance to dance, the number of cats participating increases, starting at 2 in the first dance and eventually going all the way to 20. The numbers...more
Stutson's rhyming text has a good rhythm to it and doesn't seem forced at all. I love the different outfits and settings she comes up with for each dance the cats do. Each dance gets one rhyming couplet, and then we move on to the next dance on the next page. As we go from dance to dance, the number of cats participating increases, starting at 2 in the first dance and eventually going all the way to 20. The numbers...more
It is a well known fact that cats are nighttime animals. However, did you know that they prefer the dark because they love to dance the night away?
Meet a group of big city cats who are the epitome of “cool.” All it takes is the sound of a trumpet riff on a Saturday evening to get their party started. We observe them in their private world, sambaing on rooftops, tangoing up and down fire escapes, line dancing on Easy Street, and rumbaing through the park. Their dance repertoire also includes the...more
Meet a group of big city cats who are the epitome of “cool.” All it takes is the sound of a trumpet riff on a Saturday evening to get their party started. We observe them in their private world, sambaing on rooftops, tangoing up and down fire escapes, line dancing on Easy Street, and rumbaing through the park. Their dance repertoire also includes the...more
Cats' Night Out by Caroline Stutson was one of my daughter's favorite books when she going through her cat story phase. Over the course of a night, ten pairs of well dressed cats come out to dance to night-time jazz melodies along Easy Street.
It is a counting book, a dancing book and an eye-spy style book. Each page spread has an even number cats to count and a hidden number to find. The rhymes are in keeping with the jazzy music the cats are said to be listening to. Children can learn to count...more
It is a counting book, a dancing book and an eye-spy style book. Each page spread has an even number cats to count and a hidden number to find. The rhymes are in keeping with the jazzy music the cats are said to be listening to. Children can learn to count...more
Cats' Night Out by Caroline Stutson, illustrated by Jon Klassen moves into the shadows of a quiet evening in the city. Then dancing felines take to the streets and rooftops for a night on the town. A pair of cats start to groove to the beat. Count the cats by twos (and hunt for their number hidden on the page) in a foot-tapping, finger-snapping counting book.
Stutson combines rhymes, rhythm and wordplay to produce a great read-aloud. "Two cats samba, dressed in white, / on the rooftop Saturday ni...more
Stutson combines rhymes, rhythm and wordplay to produce a great read-aloud. "Two cats samba, dressed in white, / on the rooftop Saturday ni...more
A clowder of cats fill the pages here, counted up one by one all the way to twenty. (Don’t you love the term “clowder" for a group of cats? It’s very appropriate here because it sounds so much like “louder.”) On each page, the cats appear in different dance costumes and a different type of dance is shown. Line dancing with rhinestones, tangoing in red capes, and polkaing in flip-flops are just some of the great matchups of costume and dance. The cats dance until the people in the apartment build...more
Jul 09, 2010
Marcie
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Colorado Book Award
Shelves:
children-s-math-and-science
I loved this book by Colorado author and storyteller Caroline Stutson, which would be great for lessons on counting by twos. This might also be a great model for kids to write their own counting books.
"Six cats tango in red capes
up and down the fire escapes.
Eight cats tap...tip bowler hats
in pink tuxedos, canvas spats.
J. Klassen's illustrations are a delight. Would be fun for storytime. Could be paired with any of a variety of dog counting books.
"Six cats tango in red capes
up and down the fire escapes.
Eight cats tap...tip bowler hats
in pink tuxedos, canvas spats.
J. Klassen's illustrations are a delight. Would be fun for storytime. Could be paired with any of a variety of dog counting books.
A fun cat spin for a counting book. The cats dance in multiples of 2, starting with 2 and dancing their way up to twenty. Street noise and music open and close the simple story line, making this book feel like a bit more than just a traditional counting book. Recommended for preschool counters through first grade, this text is especially good for reinforcing counting by 2.
Quiet page layouts - a city, above street level, at night. Cats dancing. Calm AABB rhyme scheme in a two-step rhythm. I like it.
But one beef: Latin, ballroom, and certain social dance styles are represented, but no hip-hop dance styles - folks, that stuff has been around for thirty years, and the book is set in the city. I would have liked to have seen some kitties krumping.
But one beef: Latin, ballroom, and certain social dance styles are represented, but no hip-hop dance styles - folks, that stuff has been around for thirty years, and the book is set in the city. I would have liked to have seen some kitties krumping.
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I love this book! It rhymes and demonstrates counting by twos with the number of cats dancing. The book also asks the question, "How many cats will dance tonight?", after each dance number so that children can predict what will happen next. However, if they notice the pattern, they will know that they are counting by twos!
Great rhyming text that teaches as much about dances as it does about counting by twos. Meet Caroline Stutson at our Teen& Children's Authors Open House
"LOVE these cats -- they are so serious about dancing that they keep their eyes closed as they dance in their gritty city scenes." - Becky
Reserve it!
Reserve it!
Fun rhyme-scheme - would make a good storytime read-aloud (maybe get the kids involved snapping fingers or clapping or dancing like the cats in the story). Illustrations are full of brown-stone buildings and black-tinged night.
I never really liked cats, but I can get down with the cats in this book. The reader counts the different numbers of cats that like to do different dances. The book teaches how to skip count by four and a couple other math concepts.
Great book! My 2.5 yo and I both liked it. The text has a nice rhythmic beat - perfect for a book about dancing cats. Also includes numbers by two's (cats dancing in pairs). We paused in the text to count them one-by-one.
LOVE these cats -- they are so serious about dancing that they keep their eyes closed as they dance in their gritty city scenes. Great lighting and counting by twos, but may be a bit dark in overall color for group sharing.
This is a jazzy book about swinging cats, dancing the night away. It has a poetic narrative and illustrations that are mostly black and white and sepia-toned. I liked it, but I'm not sure that our girls would be as interested.
Loved the illustrations. Minimal but beautiful. Loved the different styles of dance and clothing mentioned. It is a cute rhyming, numerical book. It will definitely enhance my kitty story times. :)
Really enjoyed the dancing cats theme throughout this book! The different outfits on the cats were cute too. "Whimiscal" comes to mind. I had a smile on my face throughout this book!
Count along by two's as the cats come out to dance at night! This picture book has cute illustrations which allow children to count the cats and listen to the rhyming text.
I love how dark the illustrations are. My favorite illustrator, Klassen, makes this story (which is pretty mediocre) into a neat little kitty dancing book. I like it.
City cats on Easy Street dance to many beats. In flashy clothes, doing all kinds of dances, they dance the night away. That is until the neighbors have had enough.
The art is fantastic, and this is one of the best skip counting books I've seen in quite a while. But I knocked down a star for the frequently awkward rhyme scheme.
Did not like the counting by two's or the forced rhymes. However, the mostly sepia toned illustrations with hints of red and pink were nice.
PB48: I love the rhythm of this story. Would be great for teaching counting! And the dancing cats will no doubt be a hit :)
It's cats' night out and they all go dancing. Great book for counting by 2 to 20 and lots of different dances mentioned. Cute
Fun counting by twos book. Illustrations are a bit small for doing a storytime with many kids, but definitely for a small group.
REALLY cute text. Unfortunately, I think the illustrations are too dark and the cats too small to make it good for storytime.
A clever and inventive counting book that introduces counting by twos. Klassen's illustrations, as usual, are amazing!
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