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Summary
Award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator Emily Gravett follows a group of playful cats as they turn a mess of color into an engaging display of art and text in this early learning picture book, perfect for anyone looking for books for 3-year-olds and up.
Follow the lives of ten kittens as they playfully pounce, bat, and swat while their mother sleeps. Buckets of paint quickly turn the kittens--and their sleeping mother--into brilliant works of art. When mama cat wakes up, playtime turns into bath time.
Full of playful and engaging art, this inventive cat book creates page after page of spot-the-difference fun perfect for repeat reading.
This charming counting book is perfect for helping young readers learn their colors as well as how to count to ten. Emily Gravett's adorable cat art makes 10 Cats just as appealing to those looking for gifts for cat lovers as to anyone searching for kids books ages 3 - 5.
Author Notes
Emily Gravett is the two-time winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal for Wolves and Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears . Her internationally award-winning picture books include Meerkat Mail , Tidy , and Old Hat . Other internationally acclaimed titles include: 10 Cats and 10 Dogs . She has illustrated bestselling fiction, including Matt Haig's Evie and the Animals and a recent full-color edition of Quidditch Through the Ages . Gravett lives with her family in Brighton, UK.
Reviews (2)
Horn Book Review
This playful tale about colors and numbers stars one adult cat and nine lively kittens. While they frolic on each spread, the text invites viewers to find the felines with certain markings: "3 cats with stripes"; "4 cats with patches." There are also three cans of paint, and as the adult cat sleeps, the sense of mischief is palpable when the kittens lift the lids off the cans. Paint cans tumble, and red, yellow, and blue paint flow across the spreads. Now there are "5 cats with red spots" and "6 cats with yellow dots." Soon the colors mix to create "orange splotches" and "green splats." By the time the bemused adult wakes up, there are "10 multicolored cats," nine of whom are worn out from their adventures. No worries: the big cat cleans them up. Young children learning to count will delight in the growing chaos on each spread, the expressively rendered kittens, and the proliferation of bright colors at each page-turn. Gravett's nimble linework communicates a frolicsome tone. Viewers will want to head immediately back to page one and start counting again. (c) Copyright 2023. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
What can 10 cats and three cans of paint teach us? A white adult cat and nine kittens of various hues and stripes make up the 10 titular cats. "1 white cat." "2 black cats." "3 cats with stripes." "4 cats with patches." As the adult cat naps, the kittens play with the three cans of paint (in primary colors, of course)…and suddenly five kittens have red spots. Then six have yellow dots. Seven cats have blue blotches. As red and yellow mix, eight cats find themselves with orange patches. And when blue and yellow mix, nine cats are covered with green splotches. Finally, the adult cat awakens and decides that these "10 multicolored cats" (themself included) need baths. Everyone takes a dip in a tub and towels off. Gravett's cat and kittens are adorable, with wide, expressive eyes and all the moves (and toe beans) of real felines. The simple text will help kids learn their colors and numbers. Each double-page spread is devoted to a different number and color (or pattern). Pet owners will easily recognize their own kitty companions in the illustrations created with pencil, watercolor, and "a smidgeon of digital fiddle-faddling." Even those who know their numbers and colors will enjoy this tale, which serves as a fine modernization to Margaret Wise Brown's Color Kittens (1949), illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen. (This book was reviewed digitally.) A delightfully messy pussycat rumpus. (Concept book. 1-5) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
