Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

The first thing that struck me about this book were the wonderful illustrations. All of the drawings in the book are done in very sparse black and white/charcoal pencils. The story itself is about a kitten who mistakes the moon for a bowl of milk in the sky and tries to find ways to drink it. The text of the book has a very simple scheme. For example, whenever the kitten tries to reach the moon and fails the last line of the page is "Poor Kitten!" However, the text is extremely repetitive and may be a bit boring for older children. Towards the end of the story the kitten mistakes the reflection of the moon in a pond for an even bigger bowl of milk. I particularly enjoyed the ending of the book where the kitten finally finds some milk and is a "Lucky Kitten!" rather than a "Poor Kitten!" Overall, this book is extremely simplistic and I would only recommend it to very young readers due to the extremely repetitive nature of the book.