THREE KITTENS

by Mirra -- Adapt. Ginsburg ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 1, 1973

A cluster of transparent riddles (when is a black cat not black, a white cat not white, and a gray cat not gray?) are played out here against a pale buff and white background. The three pug-faced kittens have an aggressive (though disconcertingly doglike) appeal as they romp through a can of flour in pursuit of a mouse, through a sooty stovepipe after a frog and, finally, into a pond which washes them back to their original colors. Maestro has sprinkled his underplayed background with a few small surprises that keep the kittens moving along at a pace neatly geared to pre-school attention spans -- even though the perfunctory translation limps along a few steps behind.

Pub Date: Aug. 1, 1973

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Crown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1973

Categories: CHILDREN'S