Review of Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Scholastic, Inc
2005 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner
Rarely would a black and white children’s picture book make
it into production nowadays. But Kitten’s First Full Moon works perfectly
because of the story. Anyway, what is cuter than a little kitten? And it’s a
curious kitten at that. This story has everything going for it from the cover. The
author had me on the first page. Kitten sees the moon and thinks it is a bowl
of milk in the sky. She tries all manner of ways to get to it – most of them
ending in (humorous) disaster. Kitten is inventive and determined in her quest
of the sky milk-bowl. Of course, she never reaches the milk in the sky, but the
ending is as satisfying as a bedtime warm glass of – you know what.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kevin Henkes (born 1960) is an author
illustrator who has more than 40 books in his portfolio. Not only has he won
the Zolotow award with Kitten, it also won a Caldecott Medal, and he’s been
nominated for a Newbery. He’s written and illustrated for his entire career.
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