Kate & Pippin: An Unlikely Friendship

K-Gr 2—Animals lovers will delight in this early reader based on the picture book of the same name. Kate, a Great Dane, and Pippin, an orphaned fawn, become close companions after Pippin moves in with Kate's family. Touching pictures illustrate their story and show Pippin growing from a tiny fawn into an adult doe. Kate acts as her surrogate mother, and the two enjoy frolicing in the yard together each afternoon. One night, Pippin runs off, which frightens Kate and her owner Isobel. The next morning Pippin returns to the house but spends every subsequent night outside, as she still is a wild deer. Readers will be delighted when Pippin returns home one day with two fawns of her own. Fans of other unlikely animal pairs—like elephant Tarra and Bella the dog, or Suryia the orangutan and Roscoe the dog—will revel in this warmhearted and cuddly story.