Pretend You're a Cat
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| Author | Jean Marzollo |
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| Illustrator | Jerry Pinkney |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book, poetry |
| Published | 1990 (Dial Press) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
| ISBN | 9780803707740 |
| OCLC | 19850095 |
Pretend You're a Cat is a 1990 Children's book by Jean Marzollo and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. It is a collection of 13 poems describing a different animal and inviting the reader to emulate each animal.
Reception
Booklist, in a review of Pretend You're a Cat, wrote "Challenging preschoolers to imitate pigs, cows, birds, and other animals, this upbeat picture book will appeal to their imagination and sense of fun. .. Simple in concept and inviting in design, this book will be a popular choice for story hours."[1] and the School Library Journal "With minimal coaching, these delightful, simple rhymes will be easily learned, recited, and acted out."[1] Publishers Weekly called it a "clever concept book" and wrote "The rhymed verses are vivid and straightforward, and Pinkney's inventive watercolor and pencil drawings are as engaging as the characters and animals he portrays."[2]
Pretend You're a Cat has also been reviewed by The Horn Book Magazine.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Pretend you're a cat". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ "Pretend You're a Cat". Publishers Weekly. May 1, 1990. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ "Pretend You're a Cat". The Horn Book Magazine. Vol. 66, no. 4. Media Source. July 1990. p. 446. Retrieved January 1, 2017.[dead link]