Review: The Bigger Picture
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
Anyone who has had a beloved family pet has probably experienced an instance when, for some reason or other, you couldn't immediately locate your furry friend. The sinking feeling you experience at that moment is excruciating. As the minutes and hours tick by, that sinking feeling turns into panic that eventually turns into a pervasive, aching sense of constant worry until your pet is found.Of course the hero of this endearingly illustrated little story, "Kitty Witty", doesn't mean to worry his human parents when he sets out to explore the yard on a bright, sunny day. Kitty is simply enjoying himself by chasing a few butterflies and exploring the landscape but, as sometimes happens, he eventually finds himself in unfamiliar territory far from home. Now Kitty Witty has a problem: He doesn't know how to find his way back!Meanwhile, back at home, Kitty Witty's human parents are worried sick. They call and call and search and search but Kitty Witty is nowhere to be found!I won't give away the ending of "Kitty Witty's BIG Adventure". You'll have to read that for yourself. I do want to point out, however, that the story of how Kitty becomes lost and how this affects his human parents could be a very useful vehicle by which parents of small children could illustrate the potential emotional repercussions for the family should their child -- like Kitty Witty -- simply decide to "wander off" one day...