If You Give a Cat a Cupcake (If You Give… Books)
By Laura Numeroff
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Just as good as its predecessors
This little cat is a welcome addition to the Numeroff menagerie. My two-year old loves it.
It’s as good as most
What happens if you give a cat a cupcake? Well, the cat may want sprinkles…and then some!
The premise of `If You Give A Cat A Cupcake,’ like apparently the other books in this series, is the cat will then want one thing after another. The cat will want sprinkles on the cupcake, make a mess on the floor, to go to the gym, the beach, the museum of natural history, drop sand on the floor when removing its shoes, and so forth.
Like just about all good-quality children’s books produced today, the illustrations are charming. The story is zany and would be fun for young children. However, I believe that the interest may wane a little for children past the first grade.
In all, `If You Give A Cat A Cupcake’ is a good story, but not really distinguished in any meaningful way. As far as making this a holiday gift for your little reader, it’s as good as most.
Too expensive
My two older daughters are infatuated with the series Why Some Cats are Rascals ( Book 3). They have all three books from the series and cannot wait for more to come. The most recent addition to the collection was Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World. Following the girls infatuation with the cats I bought “If You Give a Cat a Cupcake” for my almost three years old son. Unfortunately the magic did not work. My son had some passing interest in the illustrations but did not care much about the story… Since he is not able to write a review I decided to do it on his behalf.
I must say that I am disappointed by the fact that this book was practically a waste of money when my son is concerned, especially that I found it rather expensive. I think publishers should find a way of making books more affordable for parents on a low budget, especially when small kids are concerned. Maybe hardcover is not such a good idea for small kids after all… “Why Some Cats are Rascals” are paperback and for that reason much more affordable. On a positive side I find the illustrations in “If you Give a Cat…” indeed very appealing.