Book jacket image for Was it a Cat I Saw? by Laura Bontje

Amicus Ink

9781681529042

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Was it a Cat I Saw?

Picture books encouraging wordplay make for fun read-alouds, and Was It a Cat I Saw? is an excellent, inspiring choice for either the home or classroom.

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Review of ‘Was it a Cat I Saw?’

The title of Laura Bontje’s playful picture book is a palindrome sentence that can be read forward or backward. Palindromes are something that Hannah, protagonist of the delightful Was It a Cat I Saw?, loves: As Bontje tells us, “Anything Hannah could do forwards, she could do backwards too.” Hannah likes palindromes so much that…

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