Inside Cat

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Today I read the cutest book.  Seriously.   This picture by Brendan Wenzel is a cute way for children to learn shapes, directions, and all these other words that youngsters need to learn.   Inside Cat is a born explorer and discovers so much on his travels inside the house.  And the ending… oh my… such promise of another book to come!  🙂  If you have littles, and if you like cats, get Inside Cat today!  🙂 

Talking about Inside Cat

The joy of Inside Cat starts with the cover.  These two big eyes staring out at me… it was like wow!  I want to know what’s going on with this cat!  Raincoast Books provided me with this picture book wonder.  Brendan Wenzel put this lovely tome together complete with 40 pages.  Children 3-5 years old will learn new words and phrases as they follow inside cat around the house. 

Take a moment to consider the world from the eyes of a indoors only cat.  It made me wonder how our avid “I want to be outside” cat sees the world when she’s outside.   Is the indoors as bland and blah as indoor cat seems to think?  Is the only excitement to be found by looking out the windows? 

Everywhere that indoors cat looks there is a window.  A window that is lit up with full colour.  This is in sharp contrast to the walls surrounding the windows. 

So much vibrancy in the world seen, as as inside cat looks, lyrical lines teach.  We learn about thin, round, square, tall, up, down, side by side, and so much more. This cat sees it all. 

Along the way you’ll discover the fun of watching a cat be a cat!  Gazing, snacking, getting scared and more!   Inside cat slinks and pounces from window to window.

Should you pick up this book?

Inside Cat is a fun read right from the start.   Those large, curious cat eyes staring out from cover, they draw you right in.  Easy to read rhymes, and would be equally fun to read with a child at your side, or to a group of children sitting wide eyed.  The love of cats makes for easy crafts to make to help solidify the concepts learned. 

The sheer variety of things to see in the windows provides lots of talking points with little ones.   What do you see?  Do you think you’d see _____ outside your window?   What you can see when you look outside?  When you look up what do you see?  What shape is this window?  

Such a fun way to introduce early concepts to young children, this book would be a fun baby shower gift for young moms to share with their growing children.