The Maine Coon's Haiku and Other Poems for Cat Lovers

Reviewed by: Phyllis Fuchs - Curtis Memoial Library, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 10, 2015

Review

Comic and charming moments highlight the lives of twenty cat breeds. Illustrated digitally with appealing double page spreads throughout, this collection of poems concludes with interesting brief facts about each cat breed appended. While the breed of the cat is the title of each poem, there is neither page numbers nor an index making it necessary to thumb through the pages to find a particular selection. The poet and author of two other haiku collections, Michael Rosen has lifelong experience with animals. He arranges the cat verses in this book into two categories: outside cats and inside cats. With its attractive title, this may be a book that appeals to cat lovers, especially Maine ones, haiku fanciers, creative writing classes, and to reading aloud to primary school classes.

Overall Book Score: good