Jasper the Cat

by Janet Allison Brown, Roger de Klerk (Illustrator)

10 pages, Board book

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Janet Allison Brown is a writer and editor. She is the author of a novel, The Walker's Daughter. She has written dozens of children’s picture books, short stories, explorer guides, restaurant reviews, and articles on a range of subjects including Arabic handicrafts, education, faith, and ancient cave paintings. She is the editor of several volumes of academic papers.

Mother, home-educator, writer and editor, she was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and lives by the sea. She likes stories, and makes them up all the time.

You'll find some of Janet's writing at the following sites:
http://janetallisonbrown.wordpress.com

Reviews

[Semi-Academic Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am trying to keep up the GoodReads habit and goals for reading. And, if I have huge chunks of time made unavailable (in the most pleasant way) by playing with my son, I am taking record of those books that I read with him over and over again.

This one is fun for him. He loves our cat and seems to love this book (but not for quite as long as he loves the cat. He also doesn't seem to dive headlong into this book the way he does to our poor feline friend.)

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

This ultra-thick shaped board book is about a cat, and cats are just about our 10-month-old's favorite thing right now. This book gives us an opportunity to practice the "cat" sign & to make the cat sounds. Other than that, it doesn't have a lot going for it. The rhyme & rhythm fall apart in the middle, and there's a grammatical error on the last page (who vs. whom) that bugs me every time.

[Cole Finnian · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was Cole's first book, and he just LOVED it at 11 weeks old. Now Ruby seems to love it, at 10 weeks old. Can't quite figure out why, but that's OK.

[Genevieve Arhin · Rating 3 out of 5]

children may enjoy this book because of its bold colors, rhymes and how brief the story is.