Where are you going, City Cat?

In this delightful book of sketch and verse a City Cat tours major cities in Europe, flanked by a family on holiday. This would be fun to read out loud to children. ( )

Wonderful travel book! A small black city cat travels around Europe in a haphazard cat way while being a cat. Great background illustrations of famous landmarks and the cat is never in trouble or danger. Wonderful playful rhymes to read as well. ( )

This is an adorable picture book that features a family cat that secretly follows his family as they travel around Europe. It features landmarks in some of the greatest cities, such as London, Amsterdam, Paris, and Venice, and information at end of the book on each. As someone who's been to many of the cities featured, I thought the pictures were authentic and are bound to foster the love of traveling in any child. The ending was great as well. This is a book that I'd like to own someday when I have children of my own!

Sarah M. / Marathon County Public Library
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A cosmopolitan cat follows a vacationing Italian family around Europe in this charming poetic picture-book, visiting eight cities, from Marseille to Barcelona, London to Berlin. In each city he sees the sights - Notre Dame in Paris, the cat boat sanctuary in Amsterdam - and experiences the local culture, before hitching a ride to his next destination. In the end he returns, along with the Italian family's whose trip he has mirrored, to his home in Rome...

The text of City Cat reads incredibly well, slipping off the tongue in poetic twists, with rhymes and almost-rhymes, and an engaging rhythm that makes the experience a pleasure. The artwork, done by Caldecott honoree Lauren Castillo, is equally engaging, capturing the eponymous feline's happy wanderlust and the beauties he witnesses to perfection. Equal parts educational - the afterword includes a bit more information about each city visited - and entertaining, this is a picture-book I would recommend to young cat lovers, to young would-be travelers, and to anyone looking for children's stories that teach a little bit of geography while also keeping young children engaged. ( )

While a family leaves Rome on a tour of European cities, a cat shadows their tour, popping up in all the same places. Lovely because it features less common spots: Marseille, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Munich are underrepresented in picture books. There's back matter to give a little more info on the specific sites shown.



I'd dearly love a whole series of these with cats touring all the continents, because cats.



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