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32 pp.
| Farrar |
August, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-374-31455-1$$16.00
(4)
K-3
In this outsize book with a comic-strip format, readers meet Boots, a cat who thinks that he's more clever than he really is. In each of three fairly mundane adventures, Boots tries to outwit or get along with his fellow creatures, only to be humbled in the end. The stories, complete with wisecracks from Boots's peers, are too wordy, but Boots is an original character and Kitamura's drawings are appealingly blithe.