1929 Newbery Honor
Amazon.com Review
Millions of Cats is a wonderful tale of vanity versus humility, written and illustrated by Wanda Gag. An old man and his wife decide to get a cat, so the old man goes out in search of the prettiest cat of all. When he is forced to choose from "hundreds, thousands, millions and billions and trillions" of cats, he (naturally) brings them all home. When the wife points out their inability to support the legion of felines, it is left to the cats to decide who among them is the prettiest. Anyone who has ever owned more than a single cat can tell you what happens next.
Gag's simple black ink drawings are perfect for the story, somehow capturing at least the idea of millions of cats in a single page. Repeated lines and the sing-song title refrain make this a read-aloud natural.
Comments by Emily G., Emily S., Caroline C. & Emily U., 5th grade
4 comments:
A very old man and a very old woman wanted a cat. The very old man brought millions of cats back. the cats got in a fight. Only one was left; that was the one they kept.
It was good
3 stars - It was a good book.
by Emily G., 5th grade
The very old woman and the very old man were lonely so they waned a kitten. So the very old man went out to get a kitten but he got them all. But they wanted only one so they asked which was prettiest and they all killed each other but one. So they kept the one that wasn't killed.
Wonderful! I loved it.
4 stars
by Emily s., 5th grade
The couple were lonely so they wanted a cat. All the cats were so pretty he got them all. One cat was not eaten up so it is the cat they all got to have.
It was good. It teaches a good lesson.
3 stars
by Emily U., 5th grade
An old man goes out to find a cat for him and his wife. There are too many to choose from so he comes back with millions! The man goes into his house and when he returns outside they are all gone. One small cat was left and that was the one they chose.
It was a little easy for me, but it was a good book.
3 stars
by Caroline C., 5th grade
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