Farm-fresh cats

Available (4)

Location	Collection	Call #
Bethel Park Public Library	Picture Books	PB SANTORO Scott
Location	Bethel Park Public Library
Collection	Picture Books
Call Number	PB SANTORO Scott
Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale	Easy Readers	J E San
Location	Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale
Collection	Easy Readers
Call Number	J E San
Jefferson Hills Public Library	Easy Fiction	E FIC SAN
Location	Jefferson Hills Public Library
Collection	Easy Fiction
Call Number	E FIC SAN
Robinson Library	Juvenile Picture Books	PICT FIC SANTORO
Location	Robinson Library
Collection	Juvenile Picture Books
Call Number	PICT FIC SANTORO

 

Unavailable (3)

Location	Collection	Status
Mt. Lebanon Public Library	Children's Picture Books	CHECKED OUT
Location	Mt. Lebanon Public Library
Collection	Children's Picture Books
Status	CHECKED OUT
Northland Public Library	Children's Picture Books	CHECKED OUT
Location	Northland Public Library
Collection	Children's Picture Books
Status	CHECKED OUT
Sewickley Public Library	Juvenile Picture Books	IN TRANSIT
Location	Sewickley Public Library
Collection	Juvenile Picture Books
Status	IN TRANSIT

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Summary

Published Reviews

Publisher's Weekly Review: "Santoro's (Isaac the Ice Cream Truck) amusing cinematic illustrations animate his whimsical tale with bright images that seem especially made for a Saturday morning cartoon. Farmer Ray and his dumpling wife, Norma, live peacefully on an "ordinary little farm" until "one night something happened." When he goes out to check his cabbage field the next morning, Farmer Ray sees a field of green "cat heads peeking out of the ground." Santoro sidesteps a plausible explanation for the unusual plot twist: "No one ever found out exactly what [happened], but everyone agreed that it must have been something extraordinary." Unlike Disney's Siamese cats (whom they greatly resemble in body language), these felines, once picked, are "no more trouble than houseplants." But they do multiply quickly (new kittens sprout from the cats' fur balls) until "they [are] everywhere!" Santoro's orange-eyed cats peek from inside morning glories and line the barn roof like Hitchcock's birds, until Norma resolves the crisis by selling the cats to "those city people" for just 89 cents a pound at the farm's vegetable stand. Those who enjoy this fanciful and humorous story will be pleased with the closing dialogue, which hints at a possible sequel-or perhaps further feline multiplication: " ?I don't think we've seen the last of them,' whisper[s] Farmer Ray. What do you think?" Ages 4-7. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information."

Additional Information

Subjects	Cats -- Fiction. Farm life -- Fiction.
Publisher	New York :HarperCollins,2006
Edition	1st ed.
Language	English
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
ISBN	9780060781781 (trade bdg.) 0060781785 (trade bdg.) 9780060781798 (lib. bdg.) 0060781793 (lib. bdg.)
Other	Classic View