Bad Kitty (book series) explained

Bad Kitty
Author:Nick Bruel
Illustrator:Nick Bruel
Cover Artist:Nick Bruel
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Comedy
Publisher:Mcmillan (Neal Porter books, Roaring Brook Press); Scholastic Corporation
Pub Date:2005 (original)
Media Type:Print (hardback & paperback)

Bad Kitty is a series of American children's books by Nick Bruel, about a housecat named Kitty, who often wreaks havoc about her owner's home. The first book, Bad Kitty,[1] was a picture book, published in 2005, and featured Kitty encountering foods and doing activities categorized by the alphabet. It was followed by Poor Puppy, which deals with Kitty's housemate, Puppy. Bruel also created chapter books including Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty, Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray: The Uproar at the Front Door, Bad Kitty Meets the Baby and Bad Kitty for President. The chapter books feature tips on caring for cats. In late 2011, Bruel published A Bad Kitty Christmas as a picture book. The series has spawned three boxed sets. A TV series based on the book series is currently in development.

Characters

Main

Kitty's friends

The following is a list of cats that make their debuts in Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty.

Minor characters

Books

No. Title Date Format LengthISBN

Reception

The series was met with mostly positive reviews. Lynn Beckwith at Bookpage.com describes Kitty as "a joyfully silly portrait of a picky eater with attitude", and that Bruel's illustrations are bold and humorous.[3] The series also won a Wyoming Buckaroo Book Award.[4]

In 2020, the Bad Kitty series was named the 37th most banned and challenged book in the United States between 2010 and 2019, according to the American Library Association.[5] Bad Kitty for President, in particular, attracted controversy for its usage of a grawlix as a stand-in for swear words.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: 'Zoopa,' 'Bad Kitty' and 'Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack' . The New York Times . January 25, 2006 . November 19, 2010 .
  2. Web site: Ten Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Bad Kitty - A Guest Post by Nick Bruel . Nick . Bruel . January 9, 2014 . MacMillan Kids Books . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141112203006/http://mackidsbooks.com/ten-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-bad-kitty-a-guest-post-by-nick-bruel/ . November 12, 2014 . mdy .
  3. News: A picky eater with attitude. Bookpage.com. Pro Motion. Beckwith. Lynn. October 2005. 2012-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20121115214814/http://bookpage.com/review/bad-kitty/a-picky-eater-with-attitude. November 15, 2012. dead.
  4. Web site: 2011-02-11 . Bad Kitty at Macmillan .
  5. Web site: Banned & Challenged Books. 2020-09-09. Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019. live. 2021-05-04. Office for Intellectual Freedom. American Library Association. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200927125855/http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/decade2019 . 2020-09-27 .
  6. Web site: April 5, 2020 . Banned Books Symposium discusses controversial literature . 2024-07-12 . Times Herald-Record . en-US.