Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Margaret Wise Brown
Prize
SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF 2018 BY THE BOSTON GLOBE, KIRKUS
REVIEWS, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND BOOKPAGE
"Empathetic, poetic, and a joy to look at, cute kitty and all."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"This quiet, understated book contains a wealth of emotions." -The
Horn Book (starred review)
"[Illustrator] Yoo sets a lovely mood, taking readers from sunset to
dawn through washes of orange, pink, and blue, the watchman's
compassionate demeanor assuring them that all's well." --Publishers
Weekly (starred review)
"Yoo's textured, serene artwork in beautiful saturated tones perfectly
complements Sullivan's lines and conveys a beauty in the night and the
construction site that readers might otherwise miss." --Booklist
(starred review)
"This soft, gentle story is a perfect bedtime story for lovers of
trucks and construction equipment, cats, and nighttime wanders."
--BCCB (starred review)
A stray kitten changes the way the watchman sees nighttime in this
tender book based on a true story, illustrated by Strictly No
Elephants artist Taeeun Yoo.
The night watchman hugs his wife and kids and drives to work.
All night he is alone.
Every hour he makes his rounds.
He sees the stars twinkling. He hears the sounds of the night:
ki-DEE ki-DEE ki-DEE
shhhhheeeeeEEEERRRROOOOooooommmmmm
Woof! Woof! Woof!
Meeeoooow.
When he is joined by a stray kitten, the night suddenly seems different.
Has the kitten found a new home?
Kitten and the Night Watchman is inspired by the true story of author
John Sullivan meeting a stray cat while working as a night watchman. The
cat, Beebe, was John's companion for seventeen years.
