The Cat at Night

In the sea of children's books, this one is truly something special. My daughter has loved this book and it's vivid illustrations since she was a baby - she's now 7 and asked me to purchase a copy of this book to donate to her elementary school library as part of their birthday book club, and I was more than happy to oblige. Dahlov Ipcar was a beautiful artist and storyteller - as you'll see from any of her books (and she has many) - if you're a parent, grandparent, or anyone else looking to gift a child a unique book that they will treasure for years, I highly recommend The Cat at Night.

This is a pleasant story book with beautiful illustration. At the time we bought this book we had a black cat, which our 2 year old daughter likened to the cat in the book. When our cat recently passed away, our daughter asked us where she had gone and we told her that our cat at gone to the forest to hunt rabbits, like the cat in the book. No further questions, no sadness - it was a given that her beloved friend had gone off to the forest to hunt rabbits, and she cheerfully reminds us of this fact often. Sappy though it may be, our cat lives on in the pages of this book and in our daughter's imagination.

This is a wonderful children's book. The illustrations though simple are well conceived. Every page shows a scene how we would see it at night in blacks and whites and the following page has how the cat can see it in color and additional aspects are revealed. The story is simple yet is written in language that will develop vocabulary. A really nice book.

When my 43 years old son was very small, this was his favorite book. I think it was the way the book portrayed how the cat saw things at night, in the dark. I just purchased this book recently for his new baby grandson. Now he can share his favorite book with his first grandchild.

Dahlov Ipcar is such a unique author and artist. My kids really enjoyed this book, originally published in 1969. It shows what we see at night, versus what a cat sees at night, in an appealing and artistic way.

My young granddaughter enjoyed the story. She was especially smitten with the art. I think it belongs in every early childhood library.

My son is 2.5 years and he loves this book. The contrast between what is seen at night and what the cat sees at night is just perfect. This is just long enough to develop his attention span, we use it as a bedtime book and it's fun/engaging but not so much that he's not able to wind down for bed.

I had to return another copy of this same book to the other company from which I purchased it, as it was not in the good condition described, and the pages kept tearing off the binding. This book exactly matches the ancient, overly loved one (30 years?) I was trying to replace, and it exactly fits the bill. I raised my own two grown boys on this book and now I share it most happily with my students. Very pleased with this edition.

so cool and beautiful, kids love it!

It’s an interesting book, bought for my 3 year old grandsons. It shows the difference between what the human eye can see and then how much more the cat’s eye can see in the dark. We enjoyed reading this book and looking at the colourful pictures.

Lovely book with nice illustration. Brought for my 18month old and he does sit and listen but is a bit long as we don’t get through the whole story so may be better once he is older.

Beautiful book. Bought it to read the youngsters in the family. It's lovely to see what cat sees in the dark. Wonderful art work 🙂

This is quite different from a lot of young children's books at the moment. It's got quite a nice intellectual side to it, without being overly "educational", so children really warm to it.