Great idea to combine silly phrases, puns, and cartoons with poetry - these should really encourage kids to start playing with words and ideas while having fun at the same time. My big objection is that it's so short. Ten poems and ten cartoons - probably could fit on ten pages. Even Dr. Seuss books are longer. Any child sophisticated enough to read these will want way more. Additionally, just as an aside there is a book on Amazon with the same title - Einstein's Cat. It's also poetry, although not apparently for kids. ( )

I found this rather interesting. Although the title puzzles me, I find the poems charming and I like the author notes. I think kids will like it, and find it relateable for sure. ( )

Sadly, I wasn't charmed by this one. I was particularly disappointed to find that the striking title and cover illustration had practically no relationship to the contents of the book -- there were no poems to explore the theme of Einstein or of cats; the interior illustrations were single-color sketches. I did enjoy the author's notes placed just after each poem, but the poems themselves felt off to me. And I'm very uncertain as to how the intended post-literate child audience is going to relate to types of lettuce and plays on Usain Bolt's name.

A finished copy of this book was provided to me by the author through the Librarything Member Giveaway Program. ( )

I need to first state that I’m not a big poetry fanatic. Mostly because I don’t usually get it and it can be difficult to teach to kids. However, I think most of my students would enjoy the poetry in Einstein’s Cat. I appreciated the humor and thought that the author’s notes were a nice touch. Deep Menace was my favorite probably because I’m still haunted by Jaws as an adult. I look forward to sharing these with my students this year. ( )