A pamphlet of feline opinion · est. mmxxv
Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
The Electronic Book Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: LeapFrog
Gato" Earns a Temporary Stay of Execution
Our critic dismisses the noisy green slab until the Spanish mode surfaces, whereupon Pete spends an hour in quiet scholarly contemplation and grants the device a provisional reprieve.

My human has presented me with a plastic slab they call a "book." It's from a company named LeapFrog, a name that suggests a juvenile and frankly undignified level of activity. The contraption is designed for human kittens, featuring garish pictures of my fellow animals and promising to make their noises at the press of a paw. The potential for insult here …

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Image of LeapFrog 100 Animals Book, Green
Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
Gato taught me my name. It stays.
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