A Shop Full of Kittens

Tabitha Cat lives in the basement of a large department store with her nine kittens. The kittens love playing on the various floors of the store, but as opening time approaches Tabitha needs the help of those sharing the book to find them. Ian Penney's picture book has provided endless fun with the younger children. It spans the toddler to top infant stage very successfully - what with searching for the kittens, identifying all the things in each department, choosing what one would buy if one had all the money in the world, trying to remember the names of each of the kittens and, hardest of all, searching for the initials C.A.W. on each page. Why C.A.W. remains a mystery to me.