Câte persoane nu au și acum de pătimit din cauza culorii pielii, a familiei din care provin sau a locului în care s-au născut? This book has a bright orange cover that caught my eye and was about a cat with the most amazing name.

It’s a good read-aloud book and my kids couldn’t wait to find out where Gobbolino might end up next. One kitten, Scootica, is black with green eyes (as is traditional for a witch's cat) wants to follow in her mother's footsteps and become apprenticed to a witch. She said she enjoyed the book but it's not one that I enjoyed all that much, the repetitive format began to pall a bit. While reading this, I thought about all the stray cats in the world, all the abandoned ones, the unwanted, the discarded furry creatures and I wished with all my heart that they find a place to settle, to curl in, by the fire with a warm milk or a blanket to comfort them, a loving family to love them forever.De aceea m-a dezamăgit finalul, dar per total e o poveste tare drăgălașă, potrivită atât pentru copii, cât și pentru adulți. Gobbolino is such a cute little thing that every setback in his adventure to find a kitchen was really sad and you wished him all the best.

My feeling of dissatisfaction is probably more with the similarity between Gobbolino's world and the actual world we all live in, rather than the story that pointed to the similarity. I love cats, I adore cats and no matter how simple this book is, I just couldn't help falling in love with Gobbolino.It never occurs to him to strike out on his own, rather than letting circumstances just carry him along. Instead of learning how to turn mice into toads for the witch's brew, Gobbolino sets out on an adventure to find a family and a home of his own. Orange boards with black and white illustration by Catherine Rayner to both boards, the title page and throughout the text.