Happy St. Patrick's Day, Hello Kitty

by Sanrio

It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and Hello Kitty is getting ready for the big parade. Hello Kitty is working on a St. Patrick’s Day poem, but she’s having trouble thinking of the perfect ending. Maybe her friends will help her. She puts on her green dress and meets her friends at the parade. Everyone is so festive! Look at all the floats! Listen to all the music! Just as the friends begin their Irish jig, it starts to rain. Oh no! Will it ruin the parade? Little does Hello Kitty realize that the rain will bring the perfect ending to her poem.

Also available by Hello Kitty Presents the Storybook Thumbelina and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Genres: Childrens

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 27, 2015

Reviews

[Jocelin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Of course, it's Hello Kitty. In this little adventure, we find Kitty trying to create the perfect poem for St. Patrick's Day. A cute little story about my favorite character.

[O. D. Book Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Description: In this cute, brightly colored picture book, Hello Kitty and her friends and family celebrate Irish culture with music and dancing as they anxiously await the big parade. They hope it wont be ruined by rain, but where there is rain there are rainbows. Hello Kitty wants to write a poem for the parade but before she can find the perfect ending she’ll enjoy a fun day with friends and discover inspiration for the ending.

In Short: This book is adorable and would be enjoyed by young children and anyone who loves Hello Kitty. You can read the e-book for free with Amazon Prime, and if you/your child enjoy it the physical copy might be better (with the font appearing larger, and it might even come with stickers).

Pros: The art is bright, colorful and just plain cute. Although there are no lessons/morals, the story is a feel good tale that would make a good bed time story for small children. It’s a very happy story all about having fun and celebrating. I think small kids will like this story and be able to relate to the traditions shown throughout. And of course fans of Hello Kitty will love it.

Cons: The font is quite small on the kindle book but fortunately you can enlarge it. I can’t put my finger on exactly why this isn’t 5 stars. It might have something to do with the language. It’s basic and kind of feels unnatural, I know it’s for kids but you are never too young to start learning adjectives. There is a noticeable lack of those.

[Vivian Lu · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's March; I picked this up for kicks. It's Hello Kitty, what else needs to be said.

[Racheal · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s hello kitty so if your a fan you’ll like it. However, why the heck are we telling kids to eat cookies for breakfast?

[Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

“I like this book a lot. I like when she was eating cookies with her mama and I liked the rainbow.” - Luke

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oz is 1/4 Irish and his Granny Colleen will make sure he knows all about his Irish heritage but I know he likes Hello Kitty so I thought this would be a good primer. It is very basic, and does touch on the literal basics of St. Patrick's day but in an extremely sanitized form. As someone raised agnostic this is kind of how I view most holidays, albeit with a more anthropological observation. Hello Kitty samples pretty much all of the culture, but never goes deep enough with it.

[Rebekah · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's cute and all. But, um, bagpipes?

[Miss Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

hello kitty is getting ready for the St. Patrick's day parade. She's very excited to dance a jig and to read her poem but she can't quite find the right words to finish her poem.