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Warburg, Sandol Stoddard

My Very Own Special Particular Private and Personal Cat

56 pp. | Enchanted Lion | July, 2023 | Trade ISBN 9781592703852 $17.95
1963, Houghton Mifflin
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Remy Charlip. First published in 1963. A playful, singsongy, almost stream-of-consciousness-like text (“He said / Mmm / He said / Umm / He said / Humm / He said / Hum-de-dum”) and bold, minimalist­ illustrations in a lim-ited palette tell the story of a boy who tries to impose his will on his cat (dressing him up, giving him a ride in a wagon)—but the cat has other ideas. He wants to climb trees, listen for bees, sniff the air, etc. The boy then begins to consider his own sense of self—and the book ends happily with the cat choosing to sleep at the end of the boy’s bed. This is a very effective communication of the concepts of boundaries, identity, and autonomy, presented in a child-friendly way.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2023

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