Snot Stew

Kikki and Toby are two kittens left behind in the barn after their mom tells them they must leave and take care of themselves because she has another litter to take care of soon. The kittens are found by Sarah and Ben and they are taken to the "people" house and learn what it is like to live with people. Sarah and Ben give the kittens new names which Kikki and Toby ignore but they learn that they like to be scratched and loved, they think that Ben and Sarah are playing a game called snot stew but they are really just siblings fighting. Toby and Kikki start to play the keep away game but Toby takes it too seriously and eats all of Kikki's food and gets too fat to run away from the family dog. The dog catches Toby and eats his tail. Toby realizes how mean he has been and promises never to play snot stew again.

Dialogue is very important in this story because the story is from the point of view of kittens and their view of the world. This was not a very good book in my opinion but the kittens have unexpected insights because kittens see the world differently than humans.


Wallace, Bill, & McCue, Lisa. (2008). Snot stew. Aladdin.