Review: Great Messages, But Abrupt Ending
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2014
At the beginning of KITTY IS LOOKING FOR FRIENDS, the readers discover that Kitty is all alone with no one to play with even though she is so pretty. The book travels back in time to illustrate why Kitty is alone right now. Kitty wanted to play with friends, but she found fault with each of the animals that wanted to play with her: doggy, turtle, frog, and rooster. Kitty thinks that she will be happy just by herself playing alone, but that’s not the case.There isn’t anything extraordinary about KITTY IS LOOKING FOR FRIENDS. It’s a basic children’s story with some great messages about respecting other people and not being prideful. However, the book really doesn’t have an ending. Instead, the story ends with a serious of discussion questions for children. I really don’t like open ended stories and this is the first time I’ve ever seen a children’s book end so abruptly and conclude with a series of discussion questions. From my experience, the discussion questions will help children think, but they will not enjoy the story not having an ending.Overall, KITTY IS LOOKING FOR FRIENDS is an average children’s story, but that has a very abrupt and open-ended ending. Personally, it’s not a story I would enjoy reading to children.