Kathy Wilburn

This is a cute board book for preschoolers about kittens. It's part of a series of books that includes one on bunnies, one on puppies, and one on zoo babies. I thought the illustrations were nice for the intended age. My only complaint -- and the one which dropped its rating -- is the author showed the kittens lapping up milk. The book was written in 1996, but even by that time, giving milks to cats and kittens was not advised. I wonder how many preschoolers wanted to give their feline show more friends some milk as a result of this book. Still it's a book preschoolers who love their furry friends will enjoy. Parents just need to be ready to explain why the kitty cannot be given milk. show less

Simple Board book about baby animals you may see at the zoo. Ms loved this one. Mx was indifferent.

Great book with lots of pictures and words that children can easily recognize when starting to read.

This is a good example of a folktale, because the story has been retold for a long time and contains both a moral and a repeated phrase, which makes it more memorable. The moral is to not trust sneaky people in life, and the repeated phrase is, "Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread man!"
The story is too short to critique the plot, setting, or characters.