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Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

Published on January 19, 2025January 21, 2025 by SudarshanLeave a comment

Author: Mac Barnett

Illustrator: Jon Klassen

This book is one of my daughter’s favorite books. There are many times she has gone back and asked Sam and Dave to dig their hole in the right direction. Jon Klassen is a hero. He transforms a simple book with this wonderful and uncomplicated illustrations. I couldnt help but notice the amount of white space in each of the pages letting each page breathe. I will add this book to my collection at home. Also, advice to my five year odl to the friends is to listen to their dog.

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Negative Cat

Published on January 18, 2025October 26, 2025 by SudarshanLeave a comment

Author & Illustrator: Sophie Blackall

A boy wants a cat desperately. He is begging his parents while shopping, while bathing and even while reading a bedtime story. Finally, his parents agree. They adopt a cat but the cat turns out to be an introvert. How the boy turns around the cat’s behavior and not only makes his cat happy but an entire community of cats purring is the rest of the story.

Sophie Blackall is a decorated storyteller. She brings the boy’s joy, despair and triumph to life with her illustrations. My daughter really loved the page where the boy gets to choose a cat from a “stable” of cats at the shelter. She even picked her own cat to adopt from the picture. She also noticed that we had read the book that his mom was reading to the boy at bedtime. The book was “They all saw a cat“. I thought that was a nice touch by the author to call out yet another decorated book.

Felippe and Claudette

Published on January 15, 2025 by SudarshanLeave a comment

Author: Mark Teague

Opposites attract is the theme of many romantic comedies and Teague applies this time to an unlikely friendship between a cat and a dog whoa re waiting to be adopted at their local shelter. Felipe is the snooty, proper cat and Claudette is the dirty, rambunctious dog. They dont get adopted even after multiple adoption events. Then one of them gets to go to a permanent home and what happens to their bond is the plot. We have an adopted dog and the girls have been asking us for a cat so the book went down very well with our five year old. This is a very simple book with adequate images to convey the mood.

I hate to preach from this blog but considering the animals that are available for adoption, always consider adopting pets rather than buying them from a breeder.