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Kindergarten Cat

by J. Patrick Lewis
40p. 978-0-37584-475-1.
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PreS-K A charming if improbable tale of a stray cat who finds a home in a kindergarten class. Lewis's four lines of verse on each page form an engaging rhyme: "So he brought her inside, /All shivery scared/As if nobody wanted her/And nobody cared." The cat, named Tinker Toy, fits right in and begins to participate in the classroom activities, even answering the teacher: "'Foot fits in a shoe, /Hat sits on a head./What else goes together?'/'ME-YOU, ' Tinker said." Collage, acrylic, pencil, and colored-pen illustrations feature an adorable orange tabby and excited children in a cozy, toy-strewn classroom. An additional purchase."Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
A kindergarten teacher relates how the janitor found a frightened kitten outside "by the jungle gym / And she wiggled and purred / When he tickled her chin." He brings the cat to the kindergarten room to be the students' class pet. Bright, childlike mixed-media collage illustrations of children eager to pet the kitty provide energy to support the sometimes uneven rhymes.

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