Happy Friday Friends!!

It is another cold winter day here at my home.  There is more bad weather on the way this evening. Well, all I can say is 30 days till spring!!!!  

Today I read a wonderful book about cats.  I can't believe that I have never read this book before.  It was wonderful!!!  The book was first published over  fifty years ago and it is a Caldecott Medal winner.  I hope you will check it out at your local library and read it to a child this week.  They will love it if they love cats.  I loved it and I am not a child .:)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and the weather is good wherever you are.
I suggest some hot chocolate and a good book to share with a child.

Enjoy and Happy Reading!!

April's Kittens

by

Claire Turlay Newberry

There was a nice little girl named April who lived in New York City with her mother,her father, and a black cat named Sheba.

 April and her parents lived in a small apartment there. April's father called it a "one cat" apartment.  He often warned Sheba about having a family. :)  But Sheba did not listen and went ahead and had three kittens one day.  All April wanted to do was sit on the floor by the box and watch the kittens and Sheba.  April's father told April's mother that three cats had to go.   April's mother said they had a few weeks before they could get out of the box and then they would decide what to do. April and her mother decided the kittens needed names but they couldn't decide on what to name them.  Then one day April's father said," these kittens need names," and so he named them.  He named  the black one Charcoal.  He named the tiger striped one Butch, and he named the white faced one Brenda.  Now all the kittens had names and April's father said now they all needed a good home. April did not want them to go and she cried but her mother said she could keep a kitten and give away Sheba if she wanted.  April thought that might be the thing to do.  The kittens learned to eat from a bowl and were ready to go to new homes.  So April's mother invites a neighbor over with a little boy and the little boy picks Butch and takes him home.  Then a neighbor lady with two cats decides to take Charcoal.  So now there are only two cats left, Brenda and Sheba.  Mother says that Sheba can go to the country to live with their aunt and April could keep Brenda.  What will April do?  Will she choose Brenda or Sheba to stay with her?

Please read this wonderful story about April's Kittens to see who April chooses.

I highly recommend this book to all cat lovers.

Of course Hotshot recommends it too!!  He is sleeping in his house and staying warm .

Happy Reading!!!!

Check out this site to see some of Clare's drawings of beautiful cats.

http://www.cathappy.net/newberry.htm

Hotshot says," he hopes you have enjoyed the books about cats this week and hope you will come back on Monday as we start a week of Cinderella books. " Did you know a new Cinderella movie is coming out March 2015?  I love Cinderella so I am excited to see the new movie.

Happy Reading!!!!!