This Story is Not About a Kitten by Randall de Sève, Carson Ellis
Published by Random House Studio on October 4, 2022
ISBN: 0593374533
Pages: 40
Genres: Animals
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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This story is not about a kitten, but it is about a community that values the life, and quality of life, of one small, abandoned kitten. Told through repetitive rhyming verse and bright, realistic brush strokes, the young reader will be engaged by the diversity and compassion of a group of neighbors who rally around saving a lost kitten and finding it a safe home. A good read-a-like for fans of Jan Brett’s The Mitten and Lucille Colandro’s There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Bat, librarians may discover that Randall de Seve’s This Story Is Not About A Kitten will make a perfect addition to the Collaborative Summer Library Program’s 2023 theme, All Together Now.

Reviewed by Lynn Harlan, Brewer Public Library