Stories that take children on an adventure that they perhaps may never
get a chance to experience in life are those that I am drawn to, both as a
mother as well as an elementary school librarian. To see the joy in my child’s as well as my
students faces when I share a story with them that they will learn something
new brings me great pleasure, which I experienced when I shared Charlie
and the Christmas Kitty, Ree Drummond’s delightful follow up to her New York Times best-selling picture
book, Charlie the Ranch Dog.
Our tale quickly transports us back out to the Drummond’s Oklahoma
ranch, where Charlie, the helpful basset hound’s idyllic life as chief ranch
hand and occasional squirrel chaser is quickly turned upside down by the
arrival of a new baby kitten. As Charlie
soon tries, to no success, in getting the kitten to go away (“Maybe if I take a
nice, long nap, it’ll go away”), he realizes that after the little kitten helps
to make his back feel better from a hard day’s work on the ranch by scratching
his fur, maybe this little addition to the family won’t be so bad after
all. With Diane de Groat’s colorfully
detailed illustrations, and Drummond’s cheerful prose, this delightful
storybook is destined to become a great addition to the list of holiday tales
that I will share with both my family as well as my students every year.
Charlie and the Christmas Kitty (2012)
Written by Ree Drummond &
Illustrated by Diane deGroat
Retails for: $17.99 (Hardcover)
Ages 4 thru 8
ISBN: 978-0-06-199657-3
Publisher: Harper Collins
Website: www.harpercollins.com
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