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| PreSchool-Grade 2—With few words and one gray-striped cat, Lobel addresses a universal and complex theme. Her pictorial description of the feline's home, outside and in, precedes the text; Nini faces outward, her engaging eyes directed toward readers. She surmises from the piles of clothes, equipment, toys, and books that her family is going away, and she attempts to find a perfect perch from which she won't be left behind. She is discovered and placed in a case, and meows herself to sleep. Nini dreams of glorious adventures until her case is unzipped and she is coaxed out into an unfamiliar, yet glorious, sun-dappled landscape. The story concludes with her finding another comfortable perch, again on a windowsill. The sun sets, the moon rises; Nini explores her new surroundings knowing that her family is close by. Lobel's vibrant watercolor and white gouache illustrations and her nod to Matisse's decorative motif, line, and color visually engage readers. Nini's curious eyes and playful gestures, and the warm embrace of the arms that hold her, convey emotions and comfort to those who are wary of being left behind.—Marian Creamer, Children's Literature Alive, Portland, OR
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| If you think cats don't know what is what, then you don't live with a cat. Nini knows her humans are going somewhere and she wants to go, not so much to go, as NOT to be left behind. She knows what goes--suitcase, a pile of shoes, a box of books, and a guitar--and perches on those one after the other as if to say: I want to go, too! No, not in the black thing (her travel bag). But in she goes!
Several pages later (and you must see those pages!) Nini is released in a beautiful country setting where she explores. That night she is brought in for her food and then perches on a window sill and enjoys the setting sun and rising moon. Nini is on a grand adventure.
I was confused the first time I read this. Not that the story is confusing--it isn't--I thought the humans were moving. The book flap explains that Anita Lobel and family live in New York City and spend the summer in Vermont. Nini is their cat. Oh, OK, Nini is having an adventure each summer, but needs reassuring about not being left behind. People are like that, too.
The watercolor and goache combination is simply gorgeous. The result is the transparency of watercolor with the opaqueness of goache, making the colors at once intense yet warm. Some of the pages are similar to Matisse's wild, vibrant artwork and worthy to be framed. The cat lover will smile at recognition at the ways of cats. This is a fine, fun, sweet book that will appeal to both children and adults. Highly recommended. |
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