![]() This is massive, massive stuff and stuff that’s superbly handled. So, in a few pages, you’re learning the concept of narrative, the concept of reader-driven narrative, and the concept of how to actually read a book. The frontispiece has a little coda (“The cats aren’t on this page”) and then, when you hit the apparent book itself, which you’ve actually been reading from the moment you saw the front cover, the cats are hidden sleepily behind a blanket which you have to lift up and discover them beneath. What I love, love, love about this is how it teaches so much about the art and act of reading. All you have to do is start turning the pages!” ![]() It is a very straightforward premise the cats in the book are waiting for somebody to play with them, and by reading it, you are playing with them: “Come play with the cats in this book, Tiny, Moonpie and André. There Are Cats In This Book is a glorious lovely thing that had me giggling as I turned the pages. They are very hard to do, and very hard to do well. The best ones work at a level accessible to everyone, bringing different levels of nuance and meaning to an apparently simplistic concept. Sometimes when a picture book works really well, it’s a delight regardless of what age you are. ![]() There Are Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwarz ![]()
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