The Cat at Night

 By Dahlov Ipcar

This book gets requested often.  Partly because books about cats are particularly popular.

  Ipcar paints colourful folk-like paintings that are wonderful to look at.  Each painting is painted once as a night time silhouette, and then in full colours, to represent what the cat sees.  The reader is asked to guess what they will see on the next page.  It's engaging and exciting for kids.

The concept is really creative, the pictures are wonderful, and the text is really well written, too.  No annoying rhyming or awkward meter.  The words are simple enough for young children to understand.  I will gladly read this book as many times as it is requested.

I'm looking forward to adding more Ipcar books to my library.

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