Bibliographic Citation: Henkes, Kevin. Kitten’s First Full Moon. Greenwillow Books, 2004. 40 pages. ISBN: 978-0060588281
Awards: Caldecott Medal (2005), Charlotte Zolotow Award (2005), An ALA Notable Children's Book for Younger Readers (2005)
Format: Hardcover
Author/Illustrator Sites: http://www.kevinhenkes.com/
Age Group: Ages 2-4 Years
Annotation: A kitten thinks the full moon is a bowl of milk and is determined to get it.
Reflection: The kitten sees her first full moon and mistakes it for a bowl of milk. She tries jumping for it, climbing a tree, and leaping into a pond but ends up hurt, wet, exhausted, and disappointed. The hungry kitten goes home and finds a bowl of milk on the porch. The rhythmic and repetitive line, “Still, there was the little bowl of milk, just waiting,” follow each of the kitten’s failed attempts. The black and white illustrations provide great contrast and some pictures follow a sequencing pattern like a comic strip. The kitten’s facial expressions mirror what she is feeling and the book ends with “What a night!”
Categorization Tags: Cats, Animals, Moon, Caldecott Medal, Juvenile Fiction,
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