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knightedbooks's review against another edition
2.0
It was an ok book. I enjoyed the illustrations more so than the story.
modknight's review against another edition
2.0
It was an ok book. I enjoyed the illustrations more so than the story.
imalwayswrite's review against another edition
3.0
Some cat lovers wear clothes depicting cats, others collect cat figurines, I have combined both my love of books and cats: I collect cat books, even children’s books, which is why I have Dorothy Kunhardt’s Kitty’s New Doll. In a town of human-like cats (they walk on their hind legs), a mother takes her daughter to the toy store to buy a doll. The basic message of the story is to appreciate simplicity and imagination in life, which is certainly a good thing.
What I don’t like is that it reinforces that motherhood is something a girl grows up to do. It doesn’t teach that girls/women have choices about whether or not they want to be a mother and that choosing not to doesn’t make them any less of a woman. For that reason, I would not buy this for either of my nieces.
On the plus side, Hiroe Nakata’s watercolor illustrations are beautifully whimsical and colorful.
What I don’t like is that it reinforces that motherhood is something a girl grows up to do. It doesn’t teach that girls/women have choices about whether or not they want to be a mother and that choosing not to doesn’t make them any less of a woman. For that reason, I would not buy this for either of my nieces.
On the plus side, Hiroe Nakata’s watercolor illustrations are beautifully whimsical and colorful.
tinapay's review against another edition
4.0
The story was okay. It has a simple plot for very young children so there is not much to it. Kitty goes with her mama to pick a doll from the toy shop. But the illustrations! The illustrations are so adorable and are the reason I bought this from a thrift store.
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