Buster the Very Shy Dog Finds a Kitten.

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Choose Library District

Review Date: October 28, 2015

Review

This beginner level reader is meant for newly independent readers in grades 1-3. There are some relatively short sentences along with longer sentences to challenge the targeted audience. Buster discovers a kitten under the porch and, finding she has not home, decides to take her under his wing and introduces her to various animal family members who are not amused. In the second short story, the new kitten is introduced to the dog next door. The names of the dogs and the cats are confusing at first reading. A young reader would have to read this more than one time, I believe, in order to get the animals' names straight. The action seems fragmented and does not flow in a pleasant fashion. The illustrations are fair and relate what the text is divulging to the reader, but this would not be one I would especially recommend.

Overall Book Score: fair