natashalashala's review
3.0
The illustrations are beautiful, but I found the story to be a little dull.
sorapandora's review
4.0
3.5 stars. Cats + libraries + Halloween are three of my favorite things! The illustrations in this book were adorable. Unfortunately, the story was a bit dull. But it gets points for diverse characters! (The two female librarians appeared to be black and white, and the little girl looked Asian.).
Recommended for kids who love kitties.
Just don’t expect a spooky story!
Recommended for kids who love kitties.
Just don’t expect a spooky story!
thewinnielife's review
This was so adorable! Libraries + cats?! Yes!! I always may have been gushing out loud to my family about how adorable the illustrations are!
sue_from_stack_those_books's review
3.0
This books is a story about a lost cat finding a home in a library but being lonely when it closes and finding companionship for those lonely nights. This book occurs during the days leading up to Halloween.
It was longer then expected.
It was longer then expected.
toad_maiden's review
4.0
This was a random find on the library shelf, and boy was I happy to find it! This picture book is pretty much custom-cut for a certain stamp of millennial women: combining cats, Halloween, and two super cool librarians into one cozy package. Turner's prose is delightfully lyrical and the illustrations are expressive. This will be one I turn to again and again this time of year.
katiegrrrl's review
5.0
I read this book before becoming a librarian and thought this is the library I wanted to work in!
Pumpkin Cat finds a warm, safe place to sleep during a terrible storm. Her safe place turns out to be a library book drop box. The two librarians who find her decide she will be a nice addition to the collection. The kids love her. But Pumpkin cat feels like she something is missing. Beautiful watercolors give a sense of the autumn season and small library setting.
Pumpkin Cat finds a warm, safe place to sleep during a terrible storm. Her safe place turns out to be a library book drop box. The two librarians who find her decide she will be a nice addition to the collection. The kids love her. But Pumpkin cat feels like she something is missing. Beautiful watercolors give a sense of the autumn season and small library setting.
just_fighting_censorship's review
1.0
This book is all over the place, and takes on too much, it's about a lost cat, a library, halloween, and friendship. There was nothing special or clever about this book at all, there was pretty much no point. Even the names of the cats lack in creativity, pumpkin cat and halloween cat? really? lame. boring.
naughty_librarian's review
4.0
A charming story of a cat who is adopted by some librarians and becomes a library mascot just in time for Halloween. It includes a diverse cast of humans and examples of old-timey Halloween party games (some I never have heard of before--hunting for coins in sawdust?) as well as a lesson in being kind to animals. I found myself wishing that this story included information on some of the real-life library cats though!
rrrrj's review
4.0
The story feels a little wandering, but listen - it's a diverse picture book about a big orange cat that gets adopted by librarians on Halloween. Of course I liked it.
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