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When she lets lots of cats into her house to get rid of the mice that are keeping her awake, old Mrs. Mudge finds that she has a new problem on her hands. No library descriptions found.
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I picked up Cats and Robbers chiefly because I was drawn in by the cover artwork, and by the title. I love cats, and stories about cats, and I found illustrator Dolores Avendaño's depictions of them here delightful. Her artwork is luminous, with a beautifully deep but subtle palette. Jan Wahl's text on the other hand, which makes uses of a loose rhyming structure, left a little to be desired, sometimes reading well, and sometimes feeling a little awkward and forced. The story itself left me feeling sorry for the cats, who rid Mrs. Mudge of both mice and burglars, only to be chased away. The conclusion, in which Mrs. Mudge plays with a roomful of mice, could be seen as sweet, but struck me as a bit creepy.
I enjoyed the artwork here enough that the reading experience was still a pleasure, but I'm not sure I would strongly recommend the book, save to fans of the artist. I see that Avendaño is the illustrator of the Argentine editions of the Harry Potter books, but it doesn't seem as if she has done many other picture-books, which is a shame. (