Title: Miss Annie:
Freedom (Book 1)
Author: Frank Le Gall
Author: Frank Le Gall
Illustrator: Flore
Balthazar & Robin Doo
Publisher: Graphic Universe
Publisher: Graphic Universe
Copyright: 2011
Price: $29.27
ISBN:
978-0-7643-7884-6
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Summary and Quick Thoughts: Four month old kitten Miss Annie thinks she’s all grown up. She’s determined to get outside and somehow, someday she will. Until then, she’s going to defend the house (from leaves) and chat with her best friend, a mouse, she dubs Keisha after Sarah’s (one of her humans) best friend. Miss Annie does get outside, only to discover that freedom isn’t exactly what she thought it was.
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Summary and Quick Thoughts: Four month old kitten Miss Annie thinks she’s all grown up. She’s determined to get outside and somehow, someday she will. Until then, she’s going to defend the house (from leaves) and chat with her best friend, a mouse, she dubs Keisha after Sarah’s (one of her humans) best friend. Miss Annie does get outside, only to discover that freedom isn’t exactly what she thought it was.
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Recommended Audience: upper elementary (due to events in book 2)
Recommended Audience: upper elementary (due to events in book 2)
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Things to be aware of: N/A
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Things to be aware of: N/A
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Further Thoughts: This does not compare to Chi. Do not compare to Chi. This is not Chi
who is the most adorable kitten to read about.
Ok, since this
isn’t Chi, but another import and another title about a kitten, this one is
interesting it its own way. It takes a Charlie Brown view of humans (excepting
the way they talk) where we only see their feet, and Miss Annie’s observations
of her humans are silly, yet enjoyable. She does get into cat antics, but in a
way, they are not as numerous as…a real cat’s world it seems. Obviously, Sarah
wanted the cat, but she doesn’t seem to care for it like her parents do. Huh.
This is a full
color comic, which helps it, although Miss Annie’s patterns change
periodically, which confused me. How is she supposed to be? Tuxedo? Just black
and white?
Miss Annie:
Freedom is an
enjoyable title and might strike a chord in fans of Erin Hunter’s Warriors
series. The first book mainly sets the stage, while the second book focuses
more on what happens to Miss Annie in the world. It is no Chi’s Sweet Home
though, especially in appeal. The first volume is accessible to all ages, but
as Miss Annie matures, my thought is that it will immediately change into a
title more appropriate to upper elementary and fans of the Warriors series.
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Source: Library copy.
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