Hi, Cat!

 By Ezra Jack Keats

There are a few great things about this book.  First off, the pictures are great, even by Keats' standards.  They're more detailed than in "Snowy Day", not that I mind the simplicity of the latter.

 Secondly, the story is just an outing with cookie events, like this one.  Most of them involve a cat.  What makes it especially great is that all of Keats' books are about the same characters, and they're different ages in each book.

Lastly, there is very little description of the events.  The pictures tell most of the story.  So, it's a little difficult for a younger audience to get exactly what's going on, but for older kids it means that the story is communicated quickly and that they're engaging with it.  The pictures are actually important to 'read'.

Mostly, though, my kids are just crazy about cats.