Bad kitty, no matter how bad, is always loved and welcomed home. ( )

Fun ABC picture book with Kitty finding the true meaning of Christmas.

A fun Christmas picture book with several Christmas stories retold to tell the true meaning of the holiday.

Bad Kitty returns in this third picture-book devoted to her adventures, causing holiday chaos as she shreds the Christmas decorations. When her human companion has finally had enough, and speaks harshly to her, she runs off (Puppy in pursuit, naturally) and winds up in a dismal alleyway. Rescued by a little old lady who lives by herself and is quietly lonely this Christmas, Bad Kitty gets a crash course on what the holiday is truly about - namely, love and family - and puts what she has learnt to use when she is finally reunited with her own people...

Although it is the third Bad Kitty picture-book, A Bad Kitty Christmas is the fourth story I have read about this poorly behaved feline. It combines the alphabetic aspects of its predecessors with a rhyming text that is clearly inspired by classic Christmas poems like The Night Before Christmas. As with the other books in the series, I wasn't greatly in love with Nick Bruel's artwork here, but did find the combination of entertaining tale and alphabet book well done, and thought the more heartwarming ending, in which the little old lady is adopted by Bad Kitty's family, was quite heartwarming. Recommended to fans of Bad Kitty, as well as to anyone looking for alphabetic Christmas tales. ( )

Such a cute Christmas story! ( )