The House Cat - Hardcover

Cooper, Helen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 059048172X ISBN 13: 9780590481724

Publisher: Scholastic, 1994

Synopsis

Tom Cat is disturbed when he is moved along with the family that lived in half of his two-family home and decides to return to his original house and its remaining family, finding joy and relief when he makes it back safely.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1?Tom Cat belongs to the house, but the families who live both upstairs and down think he belongs to them. When the Barristers move and take him to their new house, Tom Cat escapes; races past dogs, cars, and swans; tries to swim across the river; is rescued by a couple who hope he'll be a Boat Cat; and eventually finds his way back home. Young Jennifer upstairs thinks he has come back to her and the new neighbors downstairs think he is theirs. But Tom Cat is really just the House Cat. Cooper's rich watercolor illustrations and brief text catch the mood of this independent animal as well as the loneliness and displacement moving can bring about and the comfort of the familiar. Sure to please even non-cat fanciers.?Beth Irish, Orange Public Library, CA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 059048172X
• ISBN 13: 9780590481724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1