Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

I’ve recently started to embrace sharing audio books with my children. Although I will always be a fan of reading aloud to children (especially when they can read on their own), sometimes Moms need a break and that is when a good audio book can make a huge difference. Audio books have come in handy for me when I’m cooking dinner or when I need a night off from reading 5 different bedtime stories to my children.

The latest edition to our library is Bad Kitty, by Nick Bruel, and read by Vanessa Williams.

In addition to an entertaining story, what makes a picture book, is of course, the illustrations…and what makes an audio picture book special is a fantastically entertaining reading with appropriate sound effects. Bad Kitty has all of the above!

The book takes the child through the alphabet and back—-four times! However this book is not your typical “alphabet” book. My girls learned about new vegetables and added quite a few words to their vocabulary thanks to a “variety of vultures” , “an assortment of anchovies”, and a “tormented little mouse”.