I Am a Cat by Galia Bernstein

I Am a Cat by Galia Bernstein
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Genre: Childrens, Contemporary
Length: Short Story (32 pages)
Age Recommendation: 3+
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe

A simple housecat named Simon encounters some bigger cats: Lion, Puma, Panther, Tiger, and Cheetah. Each of the big cats has something to say about Simon not being “cat” enough. According to them, he just doesn’t measure up. He doesn’t have Lion’s mane or Cheetah’s spots. He doesn’t sleep in trees like Panther or climb mountains like Puma. He’s small and fuzzy, not big and strong. But ultimately, Simon shows the big cats that he’s just like them . . . only smaller.

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There’s more than one way to be a cat.

Simon was such a brave little kitty. My favorite scene was the first one where he confidently announced who and what he was to the large cats who were nearby. He was so firm in his identity that it made me smile. I couldn’t wait to see how Lion, Puma, Panther, Tiger, and Cheetah reacted to his claim that they were similar sorts of creatures.

It would have been nice to spend more time teasing out the differences between all of these animals. While Simon definitely was a cat, I expected his new friends to be more cautious about his claims to be just like them than they were. Having a little more conflict in this tale would have gone a long way to giving it a perfect score in my opinion even though I enjoyed it quite a bit in general.

With that being said, I loved the ending. It fit the message of this book perfectly, and it was also exactly the sort of thing I like to see being written for preschoolers. While I did end up selecting the 3+ age range for it, I’d feel comfortable reading this to children even younger than that if they were interested in the storyline and wanted to sit still for a few minutes. Ms. Bernstein did a good job creating something that could appeal to very young children as well as people many years older than them.

I’d recommend I Am a Cat to feline lovers of all ages.