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Summary: A Delightful tale
Review: Christmas for a Kitten is a story that has you living each adventure right along with the kitten. The writing and illustration come alive and bring warmth to this tale and transport the reader right into the story. The reader is taken on each adventure with the kitten. A perfect book to share the tradition of a Holiday read. Santa has a special Christmas in store for this kitten! This is a delightful book for both the young and young at heart reader.
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Summary: A Delightful tale
Review: Few animal stories are more appealing to young readers than those featuring an irresistible kitten - mix in Christmas, and you have a sure winner. Artist Layne Johnson, the owner of two cats, brings drama and warmth to his lovely full-page paintings which begin with the birth of a kitten in barn. He's safe there with his mother until a cruel person, evidently the barn owner, decides there are too many cats and stuffs the kitten into a sack. After a short but very frightening ride the kitten is literally thrown away. Fortunately, he remembers what his mother taught him about hunting, and he is able to fend for himself in the woods. Eventually, on a very cold winter day people come to the hillside where he hides. They are cutting down a tree; he doesn't understand why. But when he sees the trunk of their car open, it looks like a warm place to him and he jumps in. Once the people reach their home the kitten jumps out of the reopened trunk and is able to skitter into the house. What wonders he sees! It's Christmas Eve and there are many beautiful decorations as well as a glass of milk by the fireplace. But, the house is also home to a cat-hating dog that the people love. What will happen to the kitten now? Santa has some surprises in store for the kitten, and delighted youngsters as well. - Gail Cooke
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Summary: DELIGHTFUL AND SURPRISING
Review: Few animal stories are more appealing to young readers than those featuring an irresistible kitten - mix in Christmas, and you have a sure winner. Artist Layne Johnson, the owner of two cats, brings drama and warmth to his lovely full-page paintings which begin with the birth of a kitten in barn. He's safe there with his mother until a cruel person, evidently the barn owner, decides there are too many cats and stuffs the kitten into a sack. After a short but very frightening ride the kitten is literally thrown away. Fortunately, he remembers what his mother taught him about hunting, and he is able to fend for himself in the woods. Eventually, on a very cold winter day people come to the hillside where he hides. They are cutting down a tree; he doesn't understand why. But when he sees the trunk of their car open, it looks like a warm place to him and he jumps in. Once the people reach their home the kitten jumps out of the reopened trunk and is able to skitter into the house. What wonders he sees! It's Christmas Eve and there are many beautiful decorations as well as a glass of milk by the fireplace. But, the house is also home to a cat-hating dog that the people love. What will happen to the kitten now? Santa has some surprises in store for the kitten, and delighted youngsters as well. - Gail Cooke
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Summary: Great Fun!
Review: Holiday books are so much fun, but this one really brightens the season. Robin Pulver has done it again with her great storytelling. And Layne Johnson is truly one of today's best illustrators. This book is a must for all children.
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Summary: Christmas for a Kitten
Review: The only thing magical and heartwarming about this book is its illustrations, which are lovely. Otherwise, most of the narrative is spent describing a baby animal going through a horribly depressing series of events. As an adult, this little holiday book told me quite an upsetting tale. I can only speculate on how it would affect a child. Go buy the little tyke a copy of "A Pussycat's Christmas" instead.
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Summary: To care for the least of these...
Review: To those who find this story too harsh--a kitten taken from its mother, abandoned, and forced to survive in the wild--think of how /often/ that occurs in real life. IF you find it upsetting, have you done anything about it? Donated to the animal shelter, neutered/spayed your pet, taken in a humane society stray? The story has a beautiful ending, where Santa takes the kitten home to live with him, instead of leaving it in the home with the dog, where it wouldn't be happy, or abandoning it outside again. My partner and I have been "Santa" to two abandoned kittens and a former feral tomcat. I think this story emphasizes to children the need to be responsible and loving towards their pets. The illustrations are magnificent, and one can tell the artist was familiar with the anatomy and gestures of real cats.
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