Here, Kitty, Kitty! Ven, gatita, ven! by Pat Mora

Here, Kitty, Kitty! Ven, gatita, ven!  by Pat Mora

1.      BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mora, Pat. 2008. .Here, Kitty, Kitty! Ven, gatita, ven!.  Ill by Maribel Suárez. New York,  

NY: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 9780060850449

2.  PLOT SUMMARY

The children get a new kitten.  The playful kitten romps and hides throughout the house like a game of hide-and-seek.  The children try to catch it until at the end the kitten decides to finally come and be held.  

3.      CRITICAL ANALYSIS

An excellent book for bilingual students who are limited English learners.  The whole book is in Spanish and English.  The sentences are short and only one or less per page so that students do not get overwhelmed with the amount of words.  The book supplements the briefness of the sentences by the expressive illustrations.  The illustrations fill each page and are bright and colorful.   On each page, the reader has to find the kitten as the kitten is hiding in a different part of each page!   The hide-n-seek game progresses through the house and yard.   Facial features are neutral in that the children’s facial features look Caucasian or Hispanic depending on what cultural lens the reader is looking through.      

4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)

School Library Journal, 2009

Booklist, 2008

Kirkus Reviews, 2008

5. CONNECTIONS

*  Great book to help limited English learners build vocabulary.  

 *Other books for children about cats:

Gág, Wanda.  Millions of Cats. ISBN 0399233156

O'Hair, Margaret.  My Kitten.  ISBN 0761458115

Henkes, Kevin. 2004. Kitten’s First Full Moon. ISBN 0060588284