Pete the Cat: The Petes Go Marching

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

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Since Litwin left Pete the Cat series, the unusually uplifting spirit of silly goodness is gone. Pete and Cat is back with his own version of The Ants Go Marching. Here the Petes each with his own distinctive primary colored sneakers go marching. Some of the rhymes are a bit awkward, "The Petes go marching four by four. The groovy one stops by at the store." It is always the groovy one in the red sneakers that stops to complete the action. Parts of the repetition of the original song come through and young children will enjoy shouting "hurrah, hurrah" and "Boom, Boom, Boom" and counting. Consider passing this one up and buy an additional copy of one of the earlier Litwin/Dean Pete the Cat series or an illustrated version of the "Ants Go Marching" camp song.

Overall Book Score: fair