As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
32 pp.
| Holt |
May, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-8050-6401-X$$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Kate Kiesler.
In poetic language, the text relates the nighttime explorations of Taiko the cat. Absorbed in his adventures, which involve dogs, a raccoon, and numerous things blown about by the fall wind, the cat ignores his owner's first call to come in, but after a tense encounter with a strange dog, Taiko welcomes the chance to snuggle up safely in the girl's warm bed. Rendered in dark pastels, the illustrations aptly portray the curious cat and his suburban surroundings.