{"id":40454,"date":"2016-03-18T08:03:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T12:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=40454"},"modified":"2016-03-18T08:04:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T12:04:35","slug":"fukufuku-kitten-tales-vol-1-by-konami-kanata-translated-by-marlaina-mcelheny-and-ed-chavez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/fukufuku-kitten-tales-vol-1-by-konami-kanata-translated-by-marlaina-mcelheny-and-ed-chavez\/","title":{"rendered":"FukuFuku: Kitten Tales (vol. 1) by Konami Kanata, translated by Marlaina McElheny and Ed Chavez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-40437 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/FukuFuku-Kitten-Tales-1-by-Konami-Kanata-on-BookDragon-572x800.jpg\" alt=\"FukuFuku Kitten Tales 1 by Konami Kanata on BookDragon\" width=\"572\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/FukuFuku-Kitten-Tales-1-by-Konami-Kanata-on-BookDragon-572x800.jpg 572w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/FukuFuku-Kitten-Tales-1-by-Konami-Kanata-on-BookDragon.jpg 643w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/>From the creator of the internationally bestselling <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/complete-chis-sweet-home-part-1-konami-kanata-translated-ed-chavez\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chi&#8217;s Sweet Home<\/a><\/em> series comes another frolicking feline with\u00a0irresistible energy. As an elderly woman reminisces about the early days of her now overgrown (still adorable) cat, FukuFuku,\u00a0her\u00a0photos become a portal back to kittenhood: &#8220;You really were so very little, back then &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rewind back to FukuFuku&#8217;s arrival into her new home when every new smell, corner, step, is an opportunity for adventure. Granny tries again and again to grab a cuddle in between FukuFuku&#8217;s explorations, but she concludes at day&#8217;s end, &#8220;She doesn&#8217;t seem to like me very much.&#8221; Oh, but wait &#8230; while Granny snoozes, tiny FukuFuku crawls into the foot of her futon and stays. Oh, oh, oh!<\/p>\n<p>As their relationship progresses, kitty becomes ever more mischievous and daring\u00a0\u2013 stealing food, making messes, getting repeatedly dirty\u00a0\u2013 and yet Granny just can&#8217;t\u00a0get angry\u00a0at her energetic new companion. The two are never far as they become inseparable best friends, learning how to use a scratching post, realizing frosting is not for kittens, making ornaments, painting by paws, doing laundry, and teaching puppies who&#8217;s boss!<\/p>\n<p>Kitty-lovers unite &#8230; you&#8217;ll recognize your own four-footed favorite friends for sure. For everyone else, think of this as an ideal learning-to-love opportunity!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2014 (Japan), 2016 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the creator of the internationally bestselling Chi&#8217;s Sweet Home series comes another frolicking feline with\u00a0irresistible energy. 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