I, Mercury, am of course,
the cat. Nevertheless, I will grant you that Violet, the protagonist in this fine picture book, is
some cat. In much the same way that Wilbur, the porcine mammal from E.B. White's CHARLOTTE'S WEB, was
some pig.
SOME CAT!, by
Mary Casanova, ill. by
Ard Hoyt (
FSG/Macmillan 2012)(ages 2+). Violet was a queen and was meant to rule. But she had been imprisoned in a facility far beneath her station. Naturally, when gawkers happened by, she would arch her back and hiss. Usually, said gawkers would take away a kitten (likewise imprisoned) and go away. One day, a man and a woman came by and instantly recognized Violet's royal virtues. So they took her home with them. Their home, alas, was occupied by two large
canines! What was a queen to do?
SOME CAT! is a lovely
tail tale of
overcoming adversity friendship and family, even if it means, on occasion, purring with the hounds.
