Kitty's ABC

by Green Tiger Press, Laughing Elephant Publishing

Kitty's ABC Shape Book is a reproduction of an 1890 book featuring cats and kittens in an alphabetic parade of charming adventures.  This eccentric tale of a beautiful "A for Angora" cat who overcomes jealousy and buckets of water to find love and happiness is beautifully illustrated with cats playing banjoes, getting married, singing in a choir, and many other whimsical activities.  This tender love story is highlighted with verses such as:  "T stands for Trouble now over and past, and The Triumph of True Tender hearts at The Last," and "V is the Vanity Fluffy display When on a Visit her kittens you praise."   The Victorians' love of cats is on full display in this fine addition to our popular series of shaped books

 

16 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2011

Reviews

[Katya]

This is just a weird, weird, weird book. A story of a cat's love life in ABC's. I would only read this if I was OBSESSED with cats.

[Kathryn]

Loved illustrations but I did not like the message of the book or how the female cat fluff was portrayed.

[Margaret Chind]

What a lovely worded children's book! The vocabulary in this ABC book is elegant and inspiring. It is refreshing to have a cute and friendly book not filled with overt silliness as is so often the case in many books. It is so delightful to me to have such an educational and beautiful resource to share with my daughters' childhood. Without a doubt I definitely plan on looking into more Laughing Elephant books for my girls.

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[Carol]

Adorably old-fashioned kitty illustrations tell a story throughout the alphabet.