Like children everywhere, Sugar the cat refuses to eat food she doesn’t like!
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Jul 05, 2009
Elizabeth
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Let’s use a cake analogy. It seems appropriate for this title. Friends, nothing in this world is certain. When you make a cake you may use the choicest of ingredients and still end up with a soggy middle or burnt edges. The fact is, there’s always something you may find yourself failing to take into account. Now turn your attention to Sugar Would Not Eat It. Pedigree-wise, this book has everything going for it. Author Emily Jenkins has created a series of bedtime tales (Toys Go Out), pict
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Sep 13, 2011
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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First of all, I'm not fond of Giselle Potter's illustrations, but, since it's a cat book, I just had to read it. And I admit, she does draw that little kitten very cutely. The whole story, however, didn't make sense unless Leo was mentally deficient. Why force the cat to eat a piece of cake when the cat obviously isn't interested in it? And the kid looked old enough to know that cats eat meat. And surely any one of the many adults he consulted about the problem would have been able to tell
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May 09, 2010
Dolly
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This is a strange book. On the one hand, the story is absurd and really makes no sense. On the other hand, it is a social commentary on the futility of trying to force a child to eat and the power struggles that end up doing no one any good. The repetition is engaging for children and our girls saw right away that it was an inappropriate attempt to gain control over an animal. Not to mention the fact that chocolate cake (or chocolate anything, for that matter) could be very harmful for pets.
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Nov 21, 2010
Sarah
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Harriet's favorite types of books fall into a small number of categories: books with characters named Harriet, books about cats, books about princesses and books about cute children. Sugar Would Not Eat by Emily Jenkins falls into categories one and two.
Leo has just had a birthday party with all his local neighbor friends. He made a chocolate cat with blue frosting roses. He has one piece left. He decides to share it with a small Prussian blue kitten he's found outside his apartment More...
Leo has just had a birthday party with all his local neighbor friends. He made a chocolate cat with blue frosting roses. He has one piece left. He decides to share it with a small Prussian blue kitten he's found outside his apartment More...
May 19, 2009
Julie
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This book sucked on many levels.
1) The pictures were very stiff
2) The kids tries to get the cat to eat a piece of chocolate birthday cake. PETS CAN'T EAT CHOCOLATE! It will kill them. Now some kid is going to read this book, try to feed chocolate to their cat, and the cat will die. Way to be accurate.
3) The kid has a literal fit because the cat won't eat the dang cake. He screams at the cat and everyone else. Yeah, that's really cool, too. Scream at More...
1) The pictures were very stiff
2) The kids tries to get the cat to eat a piece of chocolate birthday cake. PETS CAN'T EAT CHOCOLATE! It will kill them. Now some kid is going to read this book, try to feed chocolate to their cat, and the cat will die. Way to be accurate.
3) The kid has a literal fit because the cat won't eat the dang cake. He screams at the cat and everyone else. Yeah, that's really cool, too. Scream at More...
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May 13, 2009
Sarah
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This is a pretty funny book, and the story works very well with one exception. The whole cake thing is insane--the book would be much better if each time the kid offered the cat something different. His stupid insistance that the cat needed to eat the cake would spoil the book for a kid, because they'd lose interest. All of the clever reasons he gives the cat are not enough to keep interest--if the kids could also have different items of food to choose from the suspense would be increased.
Jul 08, 2009
Jennifer
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I loved the art in this book and the shape of the writing was great, if you will, but some of the things that the boy says to Sugar, the cat (things he has heard adults say) ruined it for me. I know that the reader is supposed to contrast the boy's threats with the realities of cat care, but I wouldn't want my kid to be inspired by the not-very-nice things this boy shouts at his cat. :(
Jun 15, 2011
Kayla
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Not a keeper. That Leo was a total jerk to the poor kitten, yelling at her and trying to force her to eat cake for two days before finally--accidentally--feeding her something mildly appropriate. Were there seriously no adults who could instruct this kid on the proper care of cats? His mother, perhaps? This book should be called Leo Should Not Own a Cat.
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Jul 14, 2009
jacky
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This had a cute story. The boy in the book mimics the different ways that adults try to get children to eat food they don't want. In the end, he learns that he is feeding the cat food that is bad for her. There was nice pattern to the story and I liked how the text size varied.
Feb 11, 2012
Nativida
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Even though the reality is that cats should definitely not eat chocolate, Sugar is analogous to a picky eater. I'd pair this one up with "Super Taster" by TMBG when teaching the mindful tasting part of Mind Up (social-emotional awareness).
Jun 23, 2009
Sam
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A cute story that veers into the land of absurdity... despite the fact that the joke lasts about one spread too long, it's a pretty appealing story. Great illustrations!
Nov 18, 2011
Laura
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Three stars for the text of this picture book but only 2 for the illustrations. The kitty on the front is very cute, but the people look very mannequin like.
Jan 11, 2012
Kelly
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Abby liked this book, it was repetitious so that she could predict and "read" the phrase "Sugar would not eat it" but not overly boring
May 03, 2010
M
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This is good for cat lovers, and for kids who are slow or picky eaters. We thought it was fun.
Aug 28, 2009
Aspasia
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Leo tries all day and the next to get Sugar to eat some cake. Will she take a bite?
Jun 18, 2009
Sue
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Leo needs to talk to someone or go the library to actually learn what cats like to eat!
Feb 24, 2011
Rose Ann
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This is, without a doubt, the dumbest children's book I have ever read. This boy "finds" a kitten on the doorstep of his apartment building, and takes possession of it. He tries to feed it leftover chocolate birthday cake, but "Sugar would not eat it." His "parent" looks on but offers no help, ditto the other adults in the story, who are clueless. Meanwhile several days go by, the kitten won't eat, and he "screams" at the kitten because it won't eat. Then
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Dec 23, 2010
Robert
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Emily Jenkins, Sugar Would Not Eat It (Schwartz and Wade, 2009)
Enchanting little book about a boy and a stray cat learning to get along. Jenkins' twist is the boy learning the proper method of feeding a cat, and how that differs from the proper method of feeding a boy. Some wonderful digs at the time-honored ways parents have tried (and, I assume, ultimately failed) have tried to get their kids to eat. And then you get to the last page, which seals the deal. Fantastic stuff, this. ****
Enchanting little book about a boy and a stray cat learning to get along. Jenkins' twist is the boy learning the proper method of feeding a cat, and how that differs from the proper method of feeding a boy. Some wonderful digs at the time-honored ways parents have tried (and, I assume, ultimately failed) have tried to get their kids to eat. And then you get to the last page, which seals the deal. Fantastic stuff, this. ****
Aug 09, 2009
Kathleen
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A really cute picture book! After a little boy finds a kitten and names her Sugar he can not get her to eat his last piece of birthday cake. He looks for advice from all his neighbors who in turn tell him the ways their parent's would get them to eat their food. I found I had said many of these things to Lucy...haha!. Lucy definitely enjoyed the book.
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