Daddy Tim says the book is written in a form of Haiku like one of my favorite books "Won Ton." (But Daddy Tim says this isn't traditional Haiku because it doesn't focus on nature or have a flash of new insight in the final line--who cares it's about a cat!)
"Walk with a whisper
liker a whisker in the dark,
soft, slow, high and low."
The black kitty follows the butterfly up the side of the bridge. He sees dragonflies at the top and then gets hungry...then it kind of gets weird...he sees a flying elephant and is magically home on the next page. Did he find some psychoactive catnip at the top of the bridge? Was it all a dream? I thought maybe he fell off the bridge but landed on his boat home...but Daddy Tim pointed out that the boat was tied to a sock the whole time. Hmmm.
I do like the pictures. They are light colors and Nosy is always outlined in blue. I think I would have followed that butterfly too...though maybe not by the workmen humans on the bridge--they probably were making loud noises, and loud noises are not my favorite thing.
I give this book two treats. Little humans studying Haiku might like this, but I would recommend "Won Ton" and it's sequel we just read "Won Ton and Chopstick" by Lee Wardlow first. There is definite real cat in THOSE Haiku.
PINK BABY IS BACK! Bubble was so happy. She carried Pink Baby around for a whole day. Daddy Tim found Pink Baby when he was moving a book shelf so that he could put stinky stuff on the wall to change its color. Somehow Pink Baby had gotten behind and under the bookshelf. If Bubble was paying that much attention to me, I'd hide too. Pink Baby has already disappeared twice since she returned--probably looking for a new hiding place! |