Review by Booklist Review
This comical kindergarten-readiness tale mirrors the confusion and resistance a child might have to kindergarten by plunking a house cat smack dab in the middle of this totally strange environment. Kitty is perfectly content with the routine of meal and nap times at home, but one day, his "good, nice boy" announces that he's taking Kitty to kindergarten, and he's summarily packed into a cat carrier for show-and-tell. The action moves from Kitty hiding in his carrier to venturing out a little, seeing what the kids are doing, and wandering among them. The climax comes when the class leaves for lunch. The class gerbil escapes his cage, and Kitty rampages after it, overturning everything in his way. The pastel illustrations with heavy black outlines adeptly capture both the cozy classroom atmosphere and the chaos of the chase. The teacher forgives Kitty, show-and-tell goes well, and Kitty goes back to his routine. A fun way to introduce young readers to kindergarten, enlivened by the gerbil chase.
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2--Kitty is minding his own business, living his best kitty life, when he's suddenly swept up and taken in his carrier to--school. Kindergarten. He doesn't like it. He likes his cozy life at home. Everything is different there. And there's a gerbil at school. A gerbil with whom he has an incident. Things improve slightly when he's given the task of supervising naptime. But the day truly turns around when he finds out why he's really there. The plot feels somewhat generic and slightly overextended. It is easily consumable, though, and vivid illustrations help bring kindergarten and the story to life, giving it kid-appeal. VERDICT A generally amusing title for cat lovers and school newbies.--Jennifer Noonan
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