Bad Kitty: Kitten Trouble (classic black-and-white edition)

by Nick Bruel, Nick Bruel (Illustrator)

Overview

There's terrible news in the neighborhood next to Kitty's!

A conflict there is growing worse and worse. It started as an argument and has now turned into a full-fledged fight. Worst of all: The cat shelter has been destroyed.

Kitty's family decides it's time to do something to help. They have an idea to foster as many displaced kittens as possible.

Kitty won't mind, right?

Well . . . not exactly. Kitty does seem to mind.

She minds A LOT.

Will our favorite bad-tempered friend learn to share her space, her food, and **GASP!** her toys?

Find out in Kitten Trouble, this hilarious and poignant addition to the Bad Kitty series from bestselling author and illustrator Nick Bruel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250182081
Publisher:	Roaring Brook Press
Publication date:	12/31/2018
Series:	Bad Kitty Series
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	1,068,131
Product dimensions:	5.77(w) x 8.31(h) x 0.68(d)
Lexile:	GN560L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Nick Bruel is the author and illustrator of the phenomenally successful Bad Kitty series, including the 2012 and 2013 CBC Children's Choice Book Award winners Bad Kitty Meets the Baby and Bad Kitty for President. He has also written and illustrated popular picture books including Who is Melvin Bubble?, Bob and Otto and A Wonderful Year. Nick lives with his wife and daughter in Westchester, New York.

Editorial Reviews

2018-10-15

Kitty's humans foster displaced kittens…a recipe for kitty conflict!

In the midst of Bad Kitty's ongoing dust-up with the paper carrier (who routinely aims for Kitty's head when he tosses the paper), Bad Kitty's humans take in some unfamiliar kittens from a conflicted neighborhood nearby. Kitty's having none of it—after all, Kitty doesn't share (Uncle Murray here breaks in with series-trademark Fun Facts about feline territoriality). After Kitty shows her characteristic hostility to the refugees, her humans call Uncle Murray to come over to school Kitty in how to be nicer…but Kitty has so traumatized Murray in the past, he agrees that the kittens present a danger—they will grow up to become cats, after all. After a bad dream and time to reflect, Uncle Murray and Kitty come around and apologize to the kittens for their prejudice…and Kitty uses what she's learned to befriend the paper carrier. As with other recent volumes in his popular series, Bruel uses goofy humor and his curmudgeonly cat character to take on a weighty issue. While Uncle Murray's Fun Fact segments offer practical advice on introducing new cats to existing cats, Bad Kitty's tale counsels tolerance and empathy when dealing with others.

Foolish feline fun conceals a lesson about xenophobia, helping middle graders absorb it. (Graphic/fiction hybrid. 7-11)

Kirkus Reviews