CM Magazine: Little Cats

________________ CM . . . . Volume I Number V . . . . July 14, 1995

Little Cats
Kalman, Bobbie and Everts, Tammy
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Crabtree, 1994
32pp, hardcover, $19.95
ISBN 0-86505-611-0. (Paperback, $7.95 ISBN 0-86505-711-7.)

Subject Heading:
Cats.

Kindergarten - grade 4 / Ages 5 - 9.
Review by Harriet Zaidman

Different types of small cats, wild and domestic are depicted in this well-organized book that is most suitable for children in grades K - 4. Little Cats is part of author Kalman's new non-fiction series of "starter" books called Crabapples. It includes a table of contents, a glossary and an index. The book discusses the cat family tree and the important issues in a cat's life: food, shelter, and physical features, and then gives basic information about unusual types of cats, such as the jagaurundi, the manul, and the serval. It also discusses the issue of preserving the wild cats and controlling the overpopulation of domestic breeds.

The book is illustrated with pleasing photographs and some drawings, as well as interesting touches such as paw prints for the page numbers and appealing type styles used for titles.

Books on cats are something a school library or classroom can never have enough of.

Recommended.

Harriet Zaidman is a Winnipeg teacher/librarian.

To comment on this title or this review, send mail to cm@umanitoba.ca.

Published by
The Manitoba Library Association
ISSN 1201-9364

TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THIS ISSUE - JULY 14, 1995.