Kevin Henkes' Kitten's First Full Moon (2004) is an animal realism book with a simple storyline and simple artwork that catches my attention. The moon's light shines on Kitten and also reflects on the pond and lights the kitten’s path only using black and white. The drawings are in black and white with shades of grey yet very interesting. The text is also easy to follow, showing illustrations for each page exactly as it describes the story. Like a real kitten, Kitten scrunches up and pounces, tumbles and rolls. She chases after a bowl of milk she sees in the sky. She tries every way she can think to get that bowl of milk, but she just can’t reach it not even from the top of a tree. While up there, she’s distracted by a huge bowl of milk on the ground. Kitten jumps for it…and gets soaked. Disappointed, she makes her way home to find a real bowl of milk, waiting just for her.
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