cover image Kitten Up a Tree

Kitten Up a Tree

Keiko Kanao. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $2.99 (24pp) ISBN 978-0-394-88817-0

""Something flying'' captures the attention of Kitten, so she climbs up the tree in hot pursuit. Naturally, the flying object, a bee, flies away as Kitten moves closer. ``Mee-yow!'' she cries fearfully, now stuck up the tree, and her Mama wakes up for the rescue. The tree spans each spread vertically, so that young readers turn pages up to find out what happens next in Kanao's miniature adventure. No less than stimulating, this isboth in economy of words and realistic illustrationsa good addition to the kitten lore of the very young. Ages 2-6. (March)