Larnel doesn't know his neighbor, Mrs. Katz, very well, until he asks her to adopt an abandoned kitten. Mrs. Katz agrees on one condition: that Larnel help her take care of the kitten she names Tush. When Larnel starts spending more and more time with Mrs. Katz to help with Tush, Mrs. Katz tells him stories about coming to America from Poland and about the good times she spent with her late husband. As Larnel grows to love Mrs. Katz, he also learns about the suffering and triumph black history shares with the Jewish heritage.
Patricia Pollaco has illustrated, as well as authored, countless picture books. She lives in Union City, Michigan.
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"Polacco's bright double-spread watercolor paintings are exuberant...an elemental picture of human family."
--Booklist.
An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. -- Review
From Publishers Weekly
Zesty art and sensitive storytelling light up these two books, the first about an elderly Jewish widow and her young African American neighbor, the second set in Amish country. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Publisher Comment
In this special Passover story, Larnel Moore, a young African-American boy, and Mrs. Katz, an elderly Jewish woman, develop an unusual friendship through their mutual concern for an abandoned cat named Tush. Together they explore the common themes of suffering and triumph in each of their cultures.
"Polacco's bright double-spread watercolor paintings are exuberant...an elemental picture of human family."--Booklist.
An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists.
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"Polacco's bright double-spread watercolor paintings are exuberant...an elemental picture of human family."
--Booklist.
An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists.
