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McDonnell, Patrick

The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's (the Hard Way)

48 pp. | Little | September, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-50246-7 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-316-50247-4

(1) PS A little red cat meets up with an alligator, an encounter that sets this wordless--save for the upper- and lowercase letterforms--alphabet book into action. Expert, minimal, and gentle lines move the eye across each spread and to the next, an attention to forward motion that is equaled in the plot. Touches of wit and plenty of zip recommend this for lap-sit sharing.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2017