cover image Kitten for a Day

Kitten for a Day

Ezra Jack Keats. Viking Children's Books, $15.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-670-89227-3

Four felines temporarily adopt a displaced puppy in Kitten for a Day (1974) by Ezra Jack Keats. ""Next time let's all be puppies,"" he says to his friends when his mother comes to fetch him. Now, as ever, Keats's sunny illustrations reflect the joy of discovery. (Mar.)