Reviews

Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub by Etgar Keret

erine's review

4.0

The extreme free-range parenting might put a United States reader off-balance, but otherwise this is a delightful tribute to a young boy's imaginative adventure at the zoo. It's a lengthier picture book, but the suspense level is about right for a readaloud, never mind the debates sure to ensue about what parts were real and which ones imagined; whose parents would have left them alone at a zoo; what snacks you would have bought if left alone at such a young age; and if you could be a zoo animal... well, what would it be?

For myself, I would probably be the Prickly Near-Sighted Slothbear. Did you know they estivate? And while they like a lot of adjacent social activity, they are not terribly social themselves? So much to learn.

mattsjaeger's review

3.0

I think Keret's voice and imagination are ripe for many more picture books. This story, however, fell flat for me at the end. It feels as if some significant part of the story was edited out.