Kat Kong

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Summary: Dav Pilkey has done it again!
Review: 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!

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Summary: 4 1/2 * Feline Fantasy
Review: From the mischievous mind of Dav Pilky ("Adventures of Captain Underpants") comes this clever spoof sure to please grade school children. The story adheres fairly closely to "King Kong," except that the giant beast is a cat and the explorers are three mice. Pilky's trademark puns and silly jokes punctuate the text.

This is fairly sophomoric stuff that is not quite as clever as "Captain Underpants;" however, the book is highlighted by Pilkey's "manipulated photographic collage, heavily retouched with acrylic paint." Photographs commingle with vivid surreal colors for a unique book that is as gratifyingly cheesy as the text.


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Summary: It's GREAT
Review: 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!

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Summary: Kat Kong Rocks
Review: Kat Kong has interesting pictures that match the story. This book captures young children's attention and keeps it. This book has a great story. It is an imagninative story that I find amusing. A group of mice travel to the island of Kat Kong. There they find Kat Kong unconscious and they take him back to their city and put him on display. Find out what happens to Kat Kong when you read Kat Kong by Dav Pilkey.

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Summary: Let's explore the plotline...
Review: Patterned after the storyline of "King Kong", of course, this tale involves a cat being kidnapped from his home, tied up in a burlap sack, and placed on display in irons in Mousopolis. After Kat Kong escapes he climbs up a tall building and is lured to fall to his death by a mouse in an airplane. Throughout the story the cat is made to look ferocious and evil, while the mice, who have engaged in kidnapping and who are responsible for the cat's death, are made to look cute and innocent.
As the primary caregiver of 2 adopted cats, I find the story a bit disturbing, and children might find it disturbing too. The notion that children reading this story might be inspired to torment cats also disturbs me.
I gave it 2 stars because despite my objections to the plotline, I still thought the artwork and prose were good.
If you like this type of story and want to read it to a child, "Dogzilla" is the better choice since in his story, the dog is not kidnapped and murdered.

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Summary: Purr-fect reading for all ages!
Review: 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.

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Summary: Dav Pilkey has done it again!
Review: This book is funny, including that is has adaptation with "King Kong." Kat Kong is funny, that it should be good as a movie. I give this funny story 5 out of 5.