Book
Who loves me?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780060279769
- ISBN: 9780060279776 (lib. bdg.)
- ISBN: 0060279761
- ISBN: 006027977X (lib. bdg.)
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Physical Description:
print
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Joanna Cotler Books, c2005.
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 4-8. |
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| Subject: | Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction Cats -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre: | Love stories. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | JP MacL (Text) | 33294001591429 | Juvenile Picture Books | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2005 June #1
PreS. In MacLachlan's latest picture book, a little girl preparing for bed asks her marmalade cat, "Who loves me?" In a drifting dialogue that suggests a nightly ritual, the pair identify the child's many admirers and free-associate cozy details appropriate to each: grandfathers demonstrate their love by teaching "about the fish in the pond"; friends don't stop loving one another just because "[they] argue sometimes." Shepherd's stylized watercolors, reminiscent of Giselle Potter's work, balance the text's saccharine notes with angular, folk-art-style depictions of girl, cat, and their spare, dreamlike surroundings. MacLachlan's examples of parental love--Mom plants a "lily garden," Dad builds a "playhouse with blue shutters and a stone path"--may not trigger the strong, universal emotions of the less-material tributes, and Shepherd's bright palette, bathed in soft yellows and sky blues, seems to contradict the bedtime premise. Still, the reassurance that children are cocooned in love even as they sleep is just what many young ones need during those anxiety-prone moments before slumber. ((Reviewed June 1 & 15, 2005)) Copyright 2005 Booklist Reviews. - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2005 Fall
Prompted by a pajama-clad girl, a cat names the people who love her; the girl provides commentary. Given the book's meandering quality, its anticlimactic ending (the two fall asleep) is perhaps all we can expect. Still, the message about the love of family and friends is satisfying, and the arching lines of type sit comfortably on the painterly illustrations. Copyright 2005 Horn Book Guide Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2005 May #1
In a gentle bedtime repartee, a little girl asks her feline friend, "Who loves me?" The cat replies, "Your mother loves you. She planted you a garden of white lilies. They shine like lights in the dark." Each time the girl asks, the cat reassures the little girl that her family, friends and pets do indeed love her by recounting how her family and friends express their love for her. But the final reassurance the little girl wants and hears just before falling off to sleep is from the cat. "I love you," says the cat. "I brought you a mouse once." The little girl remembers, "I let it go." And the cat reminds her that the mouse loves her, too. The lyrical text rises and falls in waves and curves, echoing the cat's tail. Shepherd's deftly expressed gestures embellish the text by conveying the girl's pleasure, her exuberant-sometimes impish, other times stubborn-antics. MacLachlan's patterned bedtime story lends itself to a quiet, nightly reading ritual that will spark the composition of new verses for the story's familiar refrain. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus 2005 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2005 March #4
As moonlight dapples her bed, a girl finds herself in a contemplative mood. "Who loves me?" she wonders. Fortunately, wise counsel is close at hand: her talking marmalade tabby. Family members and friends love her, the cat reassures her, and despite what she suspects, the dog's love isn't dependent on the treats she proffers. "He would love you even if you didn't," insists the cat. Of course, the cat's affections are never in question; after all, "I brought you a mouse once." (The girl replies that she let the mouse go. "That mouse loves you, too," notes the feline wryly.) Some children may find Shepherd's (Rules of the Wild) dreamlike paintings a bit abstract. The cat, a combination of mysterious sagacity and good-humored affection, feels genuinely magical as it encourages the girl's reveries (especially when those reveries involve goldfish). The heroine's broad, stylized face and broomstick hair, however, at times give the impression of an editorial creation rather than a literary character with which children can identify. MacLachlan unwinds her prose with the lilt of a lullaby and the plainspoken eloquence of a real child. The conceit of putting what would normally be a parent's reassurances into the mouth of a beloved pet adds a tang of objectivity to the cat's words of comfort. Ages 4-8. (May) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2005 May
PreS-Gr 3-In this simple, soothing bedtime story, a little girl asks the title question, and her striped orange cat offers a litany of those who love her until the child drifts off to sleep. Their quiet conversation covers everyone from her parents and brother to the family dog, who would love her even if she didn't give him treats. Shepherd's stylized illustrations are bathed in rich, warm shades of goldenrod and ochre, through which MacLachlan's cozy, comforting dialogue meanders like a song. A warm and lyrical selection.-Catherine Threadgill, Charleston County Public Library, SC Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
