| April's Kittens Contributor(s): Newberry, Clare Turlay (Author), Newberry, Clare Turlay (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0060244003 ISBN-13: 9780060244002 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1940 Annotation: First published over 50 years ago, this classic Caldecott Honor Book is now available in a handsome new edition. When April's cat has three kittens, her father insists that they only keep one cat. How to chose? April's father finds a happy solution in this story. Full-color illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Cats - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Pets - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 40032442 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 9.14" W x 10.82" (0.80 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 108290 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since it was first published over fifty years ago, April's Kittens remains a classic cat story and is now made available again in this handsome new edition. Many children understand April's dilemma when her cat, Sheba, has three kittens. April is thrilled until her father insists that theirs is strickly a one-cat household. April must give up three cats, but which ones? The aptly named Charcoal? Tiger-striped Butch? Sweet-faced Brenda?--or even Sheba? How April eventually comes up with the perfect solutions makes for a heartwarming story that has appealed to many young cat lovers and will continue to delight generations of children everywhere. Clare's Newberry's enchanting illustrations reflect her fondness for cats; School Library Journal deemed these beautiful drawings, so real one wants to pet them. |
Contributor Bio(s): Newberry, Clare Turlay: - Clare Turlay Newberry (1903-1970) was born in Eugene, Oregon. She studied art at the University of Oregon, School of the Portland Art Museum, the California School of Fine Arts, and La Grand Chaumière in Paris, France. She received the Caldecott Honor for four of her books: T-Bone, The Baby Sitter (1951); Marshmallow (1943); April's Kittens (1941); and Barkis (1939). In Ms. Newberry's own words, "Every word of marshmallow is true, even to the drawing of them wrapped in each other's arms. I know people find this hard to believe, but the bunny was so little and was so convinced that Oliver was his mother, what could Oliver do but be his mother the best way he could?" |
