Name: Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, are You Waking Up?
ISBN: 9780761454380

Bill Martin

Michael R. Sampson

Kitty Cat is distracted by many things as she gets ready for school in the morning.

Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, are You Waking Up?

Sarah Sammis

Now that Harriet can read she is taking a more active role in choosing her library books. She is returning to old favorite authors, like Bill Martin Jr. A recent find of his is Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Waking Up?

This book explores the morning routine of a young kitten as he gets ready for school. Parents and school aged children will recognize the speed bumps in the routine: it's hard to get up, it's hard to pick out the right outfit, food is more fun to play with than eat, and so forth.

Bill Martin Jr. has a knack with rhythms and making a short list of easy to read words fun to read. His poetry is also memorable. The combination of phonetically easy words and memorable lines made for a hit with Harriet. She read the book about a dozen times before we had to return it to the library. Weeks later she is still quoting from it.