The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

Nobody's Nosier than a Cat

40 pp. | Hyperion | September, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-7868-1614-7 $$15.99

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Beppe Giacobbe. A catchy, rhythmic text describes a cat's most superlative qualities: e.g., "Nobody's prowlier / than a cat-- / a sneak-a-peek cat, / a hide-'n'-seek cat." Giacobbe's digitally rendered art, mainly in dark and secondary colors, ably demonstrates these qualities while adding an enjoyable narrative element: the cat-and-mouse chase depicted on the book's cover is continued in the background of each illustration.

Reviewer: Kristin Cashore