Barbara's Product Reviews & Giveaways
January 30, 2012 4:26 PM
Bad Kitty CD/book
[Sarah and Jill N. are the winners of this giveaway. Thanks to all who entered! And thanks to MacMillan for sponsoring it! You can findBad Kitty (Book & CD)
I wasn't familiar with the Bad Kitty series until MacMillan sent me this Badd Kitty book/CD combo. Not your traditional children's fairy but with humor which both kids (older than toddlers) and adults can enjoy, with an emphasis on action and crazy cat antics.
Plot: Bad Kitty's family runs out of her food and offers her 26 healthy alternatives. Bad Kitty exacts 26 acts of revenge. But when the family comes home with 26 tasty tidbits, Bad Kitty runs through 26 acts of repentance. Four times through the alphabet A-Z
On the CD, Vanessa Williams reads two tracks, one with a Bad Kitty "meow" for children to turn the page when children are reading alone. Older kids will appreciate the track where the author Nick Bruel reads his own work.
ALA review:
Ostensibly about a cat that turns bad when her family runs out of her favorite food, this is really a clever alphabet book for kids old enough to appreciate the way words work. When a calm kitty overhears her owner say that healthy food is now on the menu, the high-energy artwork shows the cat in paroxysms of horror set against a series of blocks containing pictures of vegetables, alphabetically arranged from asparagus to zucchini. That's when Kitty decides to become Bad Kitty: she "ate my homework . . . hurled hair balls at our heads." Kitty changes again after her owner returns with an A-Z assortment of good, if peculiar, treats, some of which may give readers pause (a donkey named Dave). But Kitty is happy with them all, and to show her pleasure, she undoes all her bad actions--in alphabetical order. The cat, with seemingly dozens of expressions, is the star, but other aspects of the amusingly silly illustrations have equal weight. There's so much going on here that kids will find lots to laugh about.
MacMillan has promised two copies of this CD/book package to MommyLife readers. Just leave a comment for a drawing 2/6
Comments
My daughters would love this!
Posted by: Sue from Buffalo | January 30, 2012 7:30 PM
That looks great!
Posted by: Sue | January 30, 2012 7:41 PM
Looks like fun!
Posted by: carolyn | January 30, 2012 9:56 PM
Oh, my 4 yr old would LOVE this! He got a cd player for Christmas and we're studying the alphabet right now in homeschool. :)
Posted by: cam | January 30, 2012 11:45 PM
My kids love audio books. We have not tried this series, sounds great, thanks!
Posted by: Jill | January 31, 2012 6:24 AM
how fun! love audio books :) thanks!
Posted by: Sarah | February 1, 2012 9:46 AM
I'm not familiar with this series, but it sounds great for my 4-year-old grandaughter!
Posted by: Linda | February 1, 2012 1:12 PM
We love new stories!
Posted by: Danielle k. | February 6, 2012 4:15 PM
Sounds like fun!
Posted by: Grandma Alice | February 6, 2012 4:40 PM
Thinking I'll give this to one of my godchildren (if I win ;)
Thanks!
Posted by: Jen L. | February 6, 2012 7:50 PM
looks cute!
Posted by: April yates | February 6, 2012 7:52 PM
I'd love to win this for my own 2 kiddos and my 14 pre-k kiddos that I teach 3 days a week!
Posted by: Jill N. | February 7, 2012 8:56 PM
Looks very cute. The perfect story for the little ones to "read" along with while the older kids homeschool.
Posted by: Maeana | April 12, 2012 8:41 PM
