This is an amazing little children's book, which has beautiful and cute images and lovely rhyming text. My daughter and I loved it, especially as we both love cats. I loved the theme of gratitude, which is a great thing to teach children. Highly recommended!

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

My daughter is starting to ask questions about God, and my husband and I have been trying to teach her to find happiness around her rather than in having someone buy her something. This book was the perfect combination of both of those things.

My son enjoyed the counting and this book helped spark conversations around what is a blessing, appreciating what you already have, and why we can't get a cat (we both are very allergic). Very cute story!

This is such a beautifully presented book on blessings and counting. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it for sharing with a young audience.

As a cat lover this book melted my heart! I absolutely loved the illustrations and the rhymes were super cute. What a fantastic story to teach kids about gratitude and appreciating the wonderful things they have in their life. I think this is also a great book for the parents to remember to take a step back every once in a while and remember all of the wonderful blessings in life. Thank you NetGalley for providing a free copy of this book in return for an honest review.

This is a precious book that would be perfect to read at bedtime. It's beautifully illustrated and the story teaches children that there is always something to be thankful for. This book would make a wonderful gift.
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This was an adorable book. The pictures were colorful and the characters were cute. I like how Kitty went through its day. The story itself was wonderful and very positive.

This was an adorable book that helps children to learn to be grateful and recognize all the things they have and what makes them happy. The illustrations were adorable and went well with the story. Overall it was a very fun and helpful book for children.

4.2 Stars

Kitty Counts Her Blessings is a cute little book about a little kitten that decides to count the happy incidents in her day. She starts with the sun shining and ends with the little boy who cuddles with her after he comes from school.
The book deals with two topics at once. One is numbers. The other is positive thinking- embracing the minor yet happy events of the day and being grateful to have so many things that make us smile and laugh.
The illustrations are cheerful and full of life. I love how cute and cuddly the kitty looks on each page. The narration sort of rhymes at times, but don’t focus on it.
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It's sweet and very colourful.

I was told as a kid we should count our blessings but never in a religious sense. Now blessing is used in this book and the author in her blurb talks about her spirituality. But blessing is not really used spiritually in the book. It's more about finding the bright side of life.
It rhymes, but I don't think that's really needed.

Illustrations are great. Many schools won't probably use this which is a shame. 3.5 stars

The pictures were bright and colourful for the children, the child seemed to enjoy the book, give insight on how an animal gets its day in while the child is at school, my daughter enjoyed that. Over all I wasn't very impressed with it, wouldn't be my first choice child's book

One way of connecting with God and others is having a heart of gratitude. It is a learned virtue that gives spiritual blessing and joy. Kitty starts her day counting her blessing and goes to finding blessing that she finds difficult to find. This is a great conversation to have with your kiddos. A heart of gratitude is spiritual well being and maturity. It is so important not only for our children but for us as well. It is contagious so go catch you some gratitude with this delightful book.

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The cover was love at first sight for my 3.5-year-old!

My daughter loves cats and the cover is so colourful, that once she had a look at the cover page, she went absolutely crazy! The message of this book is very positive, but I could do without the rhymes at some parts. It helps with learning numbers, in finding the bright side of every situation and appreciating your life.

Many thanks for NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for this Advance Reading Copy.

Kitty Counts Her Blessings is an adorable book which takes a positive spiritual concept-- finding the good in life ("blessings") and focusing on the positive to help balance the negative and cheer a bad mood --then turns that concept into something accessible to everyone regardless of their personal beliefs. In fact, other than the blurb about the author which mentions her deep spirituality and the general connotations of the word "blessings," nothing religious is mentioned in this book. I personally appreciate that because it allows this book to positively impact a wider audience.

The first thing I noticed about this book was also what drew me to it: the absolutely gorgeous art style. It's vibrant and cutesy - a little bit modern and a little bit classic. Just looking at the pictures made me smile and I spent quite a bit of time on each page, taking in the details of each scene and appreciating the art. This is very much the kind of art which both the child and adult can appreciate during storytime.

Written in a rhyme scheme which breaks only for Kitty's lists of blessings, this book tells the story of a cat who begins the day appreciating all the good things in her life but forgets to be appreciative when a rain storm ruins the day. Through the story, she's reminded to keep "counting her blessings" and find ways to make the best of the rainy day by focusing on the positives instead of moping around.

It's a good message in general, completely lacking the usual toxicity that surrounds the notion of counting blessings. This isn't about ignoring the bad or partaking in delusional positivity. Instead, it's about hope and happiness. Teaching children to not to dwell too much on disappointment is a noble cause, as is teaching them to stop and appreciate the good things in the world around them. Doing so through an adorable kitty also helps to make it not seem preachy, since there's a level of removal from humans and it can be taken as literally or metaphorically as the reader prefers.

Overall, I like this book. I think the rhyme scheme is a bit... much at times, though. Sometimes, the wording choices are a little odd, made more with the rhyme in mind than what would sound natural. Nothing is hard to understand for an adult and I doubt it would be hard for a child, but I definitely would have preferred either a bit looser of a rhyme scheme or none at all.

Note: I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley, but this review is my honest opinion which is being provided voluntarily. I also rented and read this on Kindle Unlimited for purposes of comparing the reading experience... and because I feel this book is good enough to help provide the author with income by renting it.

3.5 stars. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous! They're so bright and colorful and fanciful! I lingered over them for quite a while and really enjoyed all the detail. I'm sure young kids will really appreciate and engage with them.

The story is told in rhyme, and there are places where the word choices and rhythm are sacrificed to the rhyming structure. That said, the message is sweet and there are lots of lively sounds that kids will enjoy imitating. Because of the "blessing" term, I probably wouldn't use this at my public schools, but I'm sure it would be enjoyed in personal and community libraries. I would have enjoyed having it on the bookshelf in my Sunday school classroom or church nursery too!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!