Meow Mischief, Haiku A to Z, abridged edition children’s picture book contains the original studio kitten imagery and haiku as the first edition. It is packed with creative photography, graphic art, background illustrations, and artistic typography.

The book opens with kitten adorned front matter: title page, gift page, and author’s note page. In the author’s note, Kelly explains that the book was inspired by real life foster kittens that she cared for and photographed in her home.  Along with adorable photography, Kelly wrote each haiku to tell the story and capture the personality of each mischievous kitten on the page.

The Haiku A to Z alphabet begins with very large full color page spreads, a kitten and haiku for each letter of the alphabet. Kids will have a new furry friend on each page to motivate and encourage reading. They will be entertained reading haiku kitten stories with rhythmic, bouncy alliteration and silly onomatopoeia word sounds and will learn challenging vocabulary and comprehension skills based on context clues presented in the stories. There are many facets of art and creativity involved in each page of the book. You will notice the backgrounds of the studio kitten photos for each page spread include a variety of textural elements and graphics that compliment the image and text. Each page is a themed work of art in itself with great detail given to the typography and decorative flow of words as elements for each page. The book is brought cohesively together with the trail of butterflies who visit each kitten on each page through the alphabet. This is a perfect book for little cat lovers, with sweet short poems for little paws and growing minds.   

For a Challenge for older kids:  Check out Meow Mischief: Haiku A to Z ORIGINAL first edition.  This 100 +page book includes all of the beautiful imagery and poetry A to Z, plus an activity section of over pages, including more full color kitten images, with lessons on how to write poetry, and a vocabulary word list with puzzles and games to reinforce learning fun.