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This sixth book about Yoko the cat by beloved bestselling author and artist Rosemary Wells is about keeping your cool in big, unfamiliar places!
Yoko and her mama are going on a trip to Japan! Yoko helps Mama get to and through the airport by reading signs along the way. By the time they get to their gate, Mama is exhausted. While Mama naps, Yoko goes to the washroom. But when Yoko takes the wrong exit, she finds herself in a completely different part of the terminal. Before she knows it, Yoko is on the moving walkway, zipping toward Baggage Claim. Will she be able to follow the signs back to her mama?
With her flair for sly humor, Rosemary Wells defuses an anxious situation by keeping Yoko cool and confident. Readers will enjoy reading the signs along with Yoko in this happy-ending story about navigating a very big but very friendly airport.
"A terrific book to share with children preparing for their first flights as well as Yoko's fans." -- Kirkus Reviews
Don't miss the first book in this endearing series, Yoko
Reviews (2)
Horn Book Review
Kitty Yoko and Mama head to the airport to fly to Japan. Pre-readers will enjoy decoding all the symbols on various signs along with Yoko--for the correct airline, luggage carts, restrooms, and so on. When she loses Mama, Yoko follows the signs for the police and the two are reunited. Wells's gouache and collage illustrations are as appealing as ever. (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Yoko and her kimono-clad mother have an adventure at the airport at the beginning of their trip to Japan. The security process exhausts Mama, who falls asleep at the gate, so Yoko goes by herself to the restroom. But when she exits by a different door, she and her mother have some difficulty in finding each other again. Though each runs afoul of the basic principle of search and rescue--stay put--the glitch offers Yoko, and by extension young readers, an opportunity to be independent and resourceful. Yoko finds her way to the airport police, while her mother enlists the reassurance of several helpful workers, and they are comfortably reunited. For some reason, everyone in this airport, unlike at Yoko's school, is a cat--maybe to minimize the scariness of crowds of strangers? Icons for everything (food, stairs, elevators, terminals, airport police) give readers a chance to note details and to be observant along with Yoko as she figures out what to do. A successful conclusion for the trip and perhaps a recounting to grandmother of the adventure must wait for another book. The rich presentation, from endearing illustration to paper and design to color and touches of gold and silver, celebrates the experience of reading a book; that the story is told in both words and symbols allows young listeners to follow along in complex ways. A terrific book to share with children preparing for their first flights as well as Yoko's fans. (Picture book. 3-7)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
