The Best Children’s Books About Cats And Kittens

“What are the best Children’s books about Cats?” We looked at 278 of the top Kids Cat books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 15 titles, all appearing on 3 or more “Best Children’s Cat” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 250+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.

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Top 15 Best Children’s Books About Kittens And Cats

15 .) Bad Kitty written by Nick Bruel

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Ranker
• Read Brightly

When a kitty discovers there is no cat food in the house, she decides to become very, very bad.

14 .) Have You Seen My Cat? written by Eric Carle

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Pre-Kinders
• Read Brightly

A young boy encounters all sorts of cats while searching for the one he lost.

13 .) Mr. Wuffles! written by David Wiesner

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Goodreads
• Mommy Evolution

Mr. Wuffles ignores all his cat toys but one, which turns out to be a spaceship piloted by small green aliens. When Mr. Wuffles plays rough with the little ship, the aliens must venture into the cat’s territory to make emergency repairs

12 .) Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes written by Eric Litwin

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Imagination Soup
• Mommy Evolution

Pete the Cat gets into colorful adventures while out walking in his new white shoes.

11 .) Six-Dinner Sid written by Inga Moore

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Imagination Soup
• The Guardian

Sid the cat plays the pet of six different owners on Aristotle Street so that he can get six dinners every night.

10 .) They All Saw a Cat written by Brendan Wenzel

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Pre-Kinders
• Read Brightly

In simple, rhythmic prose and stylized pictures, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat.

9 .) Wabi Sabi written by Mark Reibstein

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Goodreads
• Mommy Evolution

Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, learns about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity as she asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name.

8 .) If You Give a Cat a Cupcake written by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Goodreads
• Imagination Soup
• Pre-Kinders

A series of increasingly far-fetched events might occur if someone were to give a cupcake to a cat.

7 .) Millions of Cats written by Wanda Gág

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Goodreads
• Pet Care Facts
• Read Brightly

How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions?

6 .) Skippyjon Jones written by Judy Schachner

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Mommy Evolution
• Ranker
• Read Brightly

Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese cat with an overactive imagination who would rather be El Skippito, his Zorro-like alter ego.

5 .) Socks written by Beverly Cleary

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Goodreads
• Ranker
• Read Brightly

The happy home life of Socks, the cat, is disrupted by the addition of a new baby to the household.

4 .) Kitten’s First Full Moon written by Kevin Henkes

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Mommy Evolution
• Ranker
• Read Brightly
• Sammy Approves

When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.

3 .) Pete the Cat written by Eric Litwin

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Goodreads
• Mommy Evolution
• Pet Care Facts
• Pre-Kinders
• Read Brightly

2 .) The Cat in the Hat written by Dr. Seuss

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Pet Care Facts
• Ranker
• Read Brightly
• Sammy Approves
• The Guardian

Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games.

1 .) Splat The Cat written by Rob Scotton

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Imagination Soup
• Mommy Evolution
• Pre-Kinders
• Ranker
• Read Brightly
• Sammy Approves

A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected.

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