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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. When Kitten mistakes a full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to get it.   hgcslibrary | Nov 29, 2009 |  More of Kevin Henkes' fantastic illustrations, and a very charming story about a kitten who thinks the full moon in the sky is a bowl of milk, and how she tries to get it. It's fun to read aloud and the pictures and text capture the silliness of a kitten. (  ) KellyKnox | Nov 19, 2009 | It is the kitten's first full moon. She thinks the moon is a little bowl of milk. She tries her hardest to licked it, jump towards it, and chase it through the garden. But she never got any closer to the moon. The kitten climbed to the tallest tree to reach it but instead found a bigger bowl of milk in the pond. She leaps into the pond and realizes it is just water. The kitten heads back home wet and sad. When she arrives there is a big bowl of milk waiting for her. The night turned out better than she expected. The book would be appropriate for young readers. http://www.kevinhenkes.com/ is full of many great books by Kevin Henkes. elwindle | Nov 11, 2009 | It was Kitten's first full moon and as she looked up in the sky she thought it was a big bowl of milk. Kitten wanted this bowl of milk. This story is about Kitten and her night of misadventure to try and get the big bowl of milk in the sky that is the full moon. THis is an adorable book for children and the pictures are beautiful! kefoley | Oct 26, 2009 | Genre: Fantasy Fiction This is a good example of a fantasy fiction because the kitty does normal thins a kitten would do such as playing outside and yearning for a bowl of milk. This is not realistic fiction because a kitten would not have human like thoughts such as thinking literally that the moon was a bowl of milk and chasing so intently after it. Media: Black and White Oil Paints Age App: Primary Setting: Outside, on the night of a full moon. bknight07 | Oct 22, 2009 | 
In a surprisingly new guise, Henkes turns his hand for his 34th book to a retro look, with rough-hewn, black-and-white illustrations that pair perfectly with this deceptively simply story. When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it. The coarse but masterfully controlled line with heavy black outlines contains vigor and exuberance, creating a spontaneous feeling. A keen sense of design uses double spreads and panels to depict the action and Kitten's puzzlement. Some spreads are almost all white space with dark shadows outlining Kitten and the moon. The style is reminiscent of Clare Newberry (Marshmallow, April's Kittens) without soft, fuzzy shapes, but artful in its gracelessness and naivete, just like a kitten. Simply charming. (Picture book. 3-5) Poor kitten! Thinking the full moon is a bowl of milk, she tries everything to reach it. But pursuing its reflection in a pond brings a soggy surprise. Children will giggle over the kitty's misguided efforts, rendered so expressively in shades of black, white, and gray. (Ages 2 to 4) Child magazine's Best Children's Book Awards 2004 Henkes's black-and-white drawings (the colors of night, moon and milk) have an Asian subtlety and simplicity -- appropriately enough for a moon-obsessed cat. "What a night!" Kitten concludes. What a picture book! — Elizabeth Ward
Amazon.com (ISBN 0060588284, Hardcover)In this beautiful picture book, winner of the 2005 Caldecott Medal, Kevin Henkes, captures the sweet, sometimes slapstick struggle of Kitten, who sees her first full moon and thinks it's a bowl of milk in the sky.Any child who has yearned for anything will understand how much Kitten wants that elusive bowl of milk. Readers will giggle as she tries to lick the faraway moon and gets a bug on her tongue, or leaps to catch it and falls down the stairs. In an effective refrain, the narrator repeats, "Still, there was the little bowl of milk, just waiting." The winning combination here is the simplicity and humor of the story, paired with gorgeous black-and-white illustrations with thick black lines (mirrored by the thick bold sans-serif font) and shades of grey that are as luminous as a moonlit night should be. Full-moon circles and ovals appear throughout the design: white circle full moons on the endpapers, elliptical flowers by the porch, white circles of firefly light, oval pads on Kitten's paws, and her big round eyes (especially when surprised and soaking wet). Children will love Kitten's quest and ensuing comedy of errors, but what they will love even more is that there's an actual bowl of milk waiting on the porch for Kitten. (Preschool) --Karin Snelson (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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