Three Kittens

by Mirra Ginsburg (translator), Lisa McCue (Illustrator), Vladimir Suteev

Three playful kittens change colors as they chase a mouse, a toad, and a fish.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

Mirra Ginsburg was a Jewish Russian-American translator of Russian literature, a collector of folk tales and a children's writer. Born in Bobruisk (then part of the Russian Empire, now part of modern-day Belarus) in 1909, she moved with her family to Latvia, then to Canada, before they settled in the United States. Although she won praise for her translations of adult literature, including the Master and Margarita (1967) by Mikhail Bulgakov and We (1972) by Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin, she is perhaps most celebrated for her contributions to children's literature. She collected and translated a vast array of folktales from the Russian tradition, as well as Siberian and Central Asian traditions. Ginsburg died in 2000.

Reviews

[Krisz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cuki volt gyerekkoromban, aranyos most is. A szórakoztató irodalom előfutára, másfél éves kortól :)

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Three kittens change colors as they chase a mouse, a toad, and a fish.

There are three kittens: a black kitten, a gray kitten, and a white kitten. First, they chase a mouse, and they all turn white as a result of the chase. Then, they chase a toad, and they all turn black as a result of the chase. Finally, they chase a fish, and they all return to their original colors as a result of the chase.

This story is also included in the book Me Too!: Two Small Stories about Small Animals translated by Katya Arnold.

[Helen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a basic book about kittens for the youngest preschoolers. It can be used to teach kids that people are all the same on the inside.

[b · Rating 5 out of 5]

life changing