Customer Reviews

Kat Kong

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This is an excellent book to share with children - especially those with a well-developed sense of humor. The jokes, illustrations, and play on words will appeal to all ages. As a teacher, I read this book to 2nd graders and then ask them to draw what Kat Kong saw in the package. The ideas start flying. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone!

This book is a wonderfully humorous version of the King Kong story. While my daughter was reading aloud, my attention was suddenly captured by the vision of mouse natives chanting "Heeer, Ki-tee Ki-tee" as part of an ancient ceremony involving a can of tuna fish and my attention never waned.

The author ingeniously makes use of idioms and cliche to make this an interesting story for the adult. Moreover, the illustrations are bound to cause laughter from child and parent alike.

This is a "must read" book.

I'm 6 and I like "Kat Kong". "Kat Kong" destroyed Mousopolis and one of the mice said, "Help! The cat's got my tongue". I liked the jokes and it was funny. Except for the time Kat Kong destroyed the railroad.

A spoof of the story of King Kong, with cat & mice characters.

Starring Flash as Professor Vincent Varmint, Rabies as Rosie Rodent, Dwayne as Captain Charles Limburger & introducing Blueberry as the Monster this big book, a mixture of photographic collages & liberal acrylic paint daubings, tells the story of fearless mice who set sail for a strange island.

This book as been rated TS - terribly silly & some material may be too silly for grown-ups. I loved the ton of puns & silly fun. Our librarians say this book is rarely on the shelf - so popular is it with children & adults alike. Great family reading!

I¹m 38 years old and bought it for myself. My girlfriend and other friends double over laughing when reading it. One of the most inventive books of any kind in print! A must for kids of all ages. Buy a copy for everyone you know with a sense of humor!

I am a teacher and I must say that children always love this story. It has been a favorite of mine for years. The real feline pictures makes this book even more colorful and magical. Kids will get a kick out of this twist on an old favorite. Kat Kong is great for all ages!

Dave Pilkey has written wonderful books for children and this is up there with Dogzilla! Imaginative, funny and kids love the stories and photos!

I was disappointed with this book because at a glance, it seemed like a fun "easy reader" for my first grader. We absolutely love Dav Pilkey's Dragon series, which I would recommend for any early reader - boy or girl - as an introduction to very simple chapters. But unlike the Dragon series, the vocabulary used in Kat Kong is going to be too difficult for the early reader to manage alone, and the nuanced puns are going to be way over the young reader's head. So, the reader needs to be a bit more advanced to independently read and enjoy this book - but if the reader has the skills to manage this book, then he/she has likely already moved on to true chapter books. This leaves me wondering who gets the most out of this book? The story itself is somewhat cute - the puns are amusing - so I suppose an adult reading this as a picture book to a child might enjoy the story... but it is definitely not an early reader book. If you want fun confidence building easy readers, I'd go back to the Dragon series by Pilkey, or look elsewhere.

My sons really like this book. And there is funny stuff in it for the parents too. Very enjoyable. It is my 3 year old's favorite book now. And my nine year old loves to read it to him :-)

I'm an adult (most of the time), but I just loved this book! It's creative, silly and smart, all at the same time.

I've always been a big fan of all those old B&W horror films, and this book is a laugh-out-loud take-off on one of the best of the genre. I loved it. Best was the group of mice "natives" with their can of tuna, doing the "mysterious chant":

"'Heeeer, Ki-tee Ki-tee!
"Heeeer, Ki-tee Ki-tee!
"Heeeer, Kit-te Ki-tee Ki-tee!'"

Mr. Pilkey used his own pets' images for the illustrations. Rabies, the mouse who gets the role of "Rosie Rodent," has that startled, wide-eyed expression that looks just like Fay Wray. (Too bad the book didn't have sound, because I bet she squeals just like her, too.)

There are lots of funny bits in this book: you'll need to go through it several times to pick all of them up. And then you will want to watch the old _King Kong_ again, just for old time's sake.