the illustrations are amazing, but the story is weird. I don't really want to read it more than once, and my 5 year old could care less. The pretty show one is way better. ( )

The story of a boy who finds a stray cat, the cat causes havoc but the boy is happy when the cat follows him home. Ages 4-7

A favorite fluff, both by story and picture. ( )

Another of Ezra Jack Keats' tales of urban childhood. I really liked the interactions with the cat in this one -- the gentle humor and the kid's belief that the cat likes him. ( )

I loved this book. This book is about Archie seeing a stray black cat in the streets and just merely greeting the cat, the cat followed Archie. All throughout the book, Archie was trying to be funny, and the entertainment of all the kids on the street, but the cat kept getting in the way and ruining Archie's jokes which causes the audience of kids to leave slowly. When Archie was going home for the night, he noticed that the cat was waiting for him in front of his house. He then realized that the cat wasn't trying to ruin his day, the cat just "kinda liked" him. ( )