Rating: 2.5 stars
In an effort to not throw my own biases on my kids, I got Posy from the library last week. I am trying to like it, to be enthusiastic when Lorelei or Ben want to read it. But...I'm just a dog person pretending to think that cats are a good choice for a pet, too. (Deep inside, horrible, dog-loving me is thinking: My dogs would give you a run for your money, Posy!)
Ok, I don't really want my weims to terrorize Posy. She is cute and cuddly. But she's just an alien creature for Ben and Lorelei. And there is little to this story: "Posy! She is...a whisker wiper, crayon swiper, playful wrangler, knitting tangler." It just describes the cute things that this kitten does. As a dog family, we need a little more convincing that we should really love this Posy creature. Whatever your preference--cats or dogs, horses or snakes--it's hard to argue that the illustrations by Catherine Rayner are not pretty adorable.