Millions of Cats

Author/Illustrator: Wanda Ga'g

Genre: Fantasy

Grade level: K-2

Awards: Newbery Medal 

There once was a very old couple that lived in a nice clean home. The old man wanted a fluffy little cat. The old man said he will get her a cat. He set out to look for one. He came to a hill and saw cats everywhere. He chose the prettiest cat and started to leave but then he saw another one and liked that one as well. He took all the ones he kept seeing and thought it was more beautiful than the last. He brought so many cats back home with him. Each cat took a sip of water and the whole pond was gone. They were hungry as well and each cat ate a mouthful of grass and nothing was left. The old woman saw all the cats coming and she was shocked because she only wanted 1 cat. They let the cats decide which one to keep. Each cat started to fight because they all thought they were prettier than the last. They all ran away and they found a little poor kitten scared and skinny. They kept the kitten that was not the prettiest but they loved it and thought she was the most beautiful one after all. 

This book is a great story. It can be used to teach may valuable lessons to children. In it they talk about big numbers so this could be used in a math lesson referring to big numbers. It can also be used to teach children to be humble as well as how only basing things off of the way people look is not good as well. 

The illustrations are very interesting. The cover is orange, black and yellow, which are pretty odd colors together. The inside pictures are in ink and in black and white. It is a really cool feel to the book making it seem almost vintage.