Momo's Kitten
Viking, 1961
Some months ago, I posted a review of Umbrella, which reflects on how quickly Momo grows up. In this later book, Momo's Kitten, her family moves from New York City to Los Angeles where she adopts a stray kitten. She names the kitty "Nyan-Nyan." Nyan-Nyan grows very quickly, and her litter of kittens becomes a way to remark delightfully upon how each youngster has its own idiosyncrasy, whether it likes to pull on panda's tongue or sleep in the pigeon cage on the balcony. A sad Momo must give the kittens away eventually, but she finds a creative way to mark that transition with handmade birth certificates. The gentle theme is the cycle of motherhood.
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