I recently glanced through a new book that I instantly fell in love with: “This Is NOT a Cat!” by David LaRochelle. LaRochelle has written 15 different titles for young children (and several others for young adults), including “Moo,” “It’s a Tiger” and “The End.” His newest title is a great story with marvelous illustrations by Mike Wohnoutka. However, the best thing about the book is that LaRochelle uses only the five words from the title for the text. Very creative if you ask me.
The story is about three mice at mouse school, learning what is dangerous (cats) and what is not (cheese, bunnies, chickens, etc). But what lesson ever follows the plan? Even after reading it several times, I still find new surprises in the illustrations.This book would be wonderful to share with a group or one-on-one. (My dog was a big fan.) It is especially good for little ones who like to repeat phrases or kiddos who are starting to recognize sight words.
