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pwbalto's review
4.0
I am reading picture books today - I've been away and I needed to catch up on all the new stuff that has come in. And when you read twenty picture books at a time, sometimes certain groupings assert themselves. Today, it's the Picture Book for Grownups.
Puss Jekyll Cat Hyde is a fine book for kids. Poems built on observation describe a black-and-white kitty's various moods and seeming split personality. Any kid who has a cat will recognize - yup, that's what cats are like. We have a black and white cat named Brother John who is certainly half cuddlebutt, half terrorist, and my kids would recognize Brother John in these pages.
But this is not a book that they would clasp to their bosom and cherish. Rather, any clasping and cherishing likely to be inflicted upon this book will be done by grownups who have owned cats, loved cats, and spent A LOT of time with their cats. Not to put too fine a point on it... LIBRARIANS. Maybe also writers and illustrators.
Puss Jekyll Cat Hyde is a fine book for kids. Poems built on observation describe a black-and-white kitty's various moods and seeming split personality. Any kid who has a cat will recognize - yup, that's what cats are like. We have a black and white cat named Brother John who is certainly half cuddlebutt, half terrorist, and my kids would recognize Brother John in these pages.
But this is not a book that they would clasp to their bosom and cherish. Rather, any clasping and cherishing likely to be inflicted upon this book will be done by grownups who have owned cats, loved cats, and spent A LOT of time with their cats. Not to put too fine a point on it... LIBRARIANS. Maybe also writers and illustrators.
simplysarah's review
My favorite parts of the book were the descriptions of Cat Hyde -- they were somehow both hilarious and terrifying. I actually laughed out loud when I read
"I have seen
More than dreams
In her glances and
Gleams. In her
Glares are the glints of
Nightmares!"
Is that not also horrifying, though?
"I have seen
More than dreams
In her glances and
Gleams. In her
Glares are the glints of
Nightmares!"
Is that not also horrifying, though?
line_so_fine's review
3.0
Half the time cats are cute and cuddly. The other half they are freaking terrifying. Sounds about right.
ddb883's review
4.0
An accurate description of the different personalities that live in one cat.
And the language is just delicious, it begs to be read aloud.
And the language is just delicious, it begs to be read aloud.
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