Anthony Kim

The Cat’s Baton is Gone A Musical Cat-tastrophe

The book The Cat’s Baton is Gone A Musical Cat-tastrophe is about a cat named Leopold von Kittenkat who is a conductor for an orchestra. In search for his baton, Leopold goes through and ask members of his orchestra is they saw his baton. In the end he is unable to find the baton but uses his tail to conduct the orchestra in the end. This book although does not have a compelling story line or development does use humor in its ending for the students to enjoy the book. The book is used to provide students an exposure to different instruments especially those not commonly used in orchestras. In the back of the book, each instrument that appeared in the story is provided with a description the instruments so students are able to learn further about the different types of instruments that appeared in the book.