Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. ( )

A very cute book, I bought it for a friend's little girl and had to read it for myself first. ( )

Black Cat is only ever out during the day and White Cat is always out in the evening. When each decides to learn what day/night is for the first time, they meet and become inseparable.

This is a fun picture book with gentle language and a quiet plot. It is a little bit of a twist on the typical opposites book for preschoolers (i.e., instead of just pointing out a bunch of pairs of antonyms, it goes more in depth about the differences between night and day). It is also a sweet story about meeting someone who is your complete opposite and being immediately friendly with them, learning from them as a result. The racial/cultural implications are obvious to an adult and can be expounded on when they share this book with young children.

The illustrations are fairly simplistic but fit well with the story being told. ( )

Borando, S. (2015). Black Cat, White Cat. Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.

Black, Cat, White Cat is a cute, simple picture book for young children. It is about a black cat who only goes outside during the day and a white cat that only goes outside during the night. One day, they both decide to explore the opposite and discover each other.

The story of this book is very simple and easy to understand. There is repetition and parallels as black cat and white cat are introduced and as they talk to their friends to find out more about the day/night. The alliteration of words and simple sentence structure make the story an excellent book to read aloud. There is a pattern to each page which the reader can pick up on and which cleverly sets up the twist at the end.

The illustrations of this book are also very simple but clever. According to the title page, the illustrations were done in black pencil and colored digitally. The reversal and black and white is fun and well-done, such as when each cat shows the other the day/night.

I found this book very charming and enjoyable. It would be a good book to introduce children to the concept of opposites, the difference between black and white and day and night. ( )

This book is about a black cat and a white cat. The white cat always sees the night, and the black cat is always awake during the day and they both want to see the opposite. So one day the black cat shows the white cat the day and vice versa. Then they become best of friends, or partners and have six kittens.. Keep reading to find out what color the kittens turn out to be!