THE UNDERGROUND CATS

by Susan Bennett ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 1, 1974

The lazy daughter and the industrious stepdaughter come into their usual just deserts here, but the agents of reward and punishment are a neat, unassuming family of ""underground"" cats who work hard all day and are fed meat and macaroni by their fair-minded momma cat. Momma cat's justice -- clothes ""like a bride"" and a handsome husband for the good girl and a spoiled pudding in the face for the bad one -- is fairly primitive even by fairy godmother standards, yet it's completely appropriate to the naive world of the striped, cut paper cats and the stripe-skirted, simple-faced sisters. Bennett's illustrations are stylishly plain in rust, black and soft green and clear enough to please the very youngest who'll appreciate the cats' straightforward domestic arrangements.

Pub Date: Aug. 1, 1974

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1974

Categories: CHILDREN'S