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Manzano, Sonia

A Box Full of Kittens

32 pp. | Atheneum | June, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-689-83089-1 $16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Matt Phelan. Despite the title, this scattered story only nominally concerns kittens: three of them distract Ruthie from tending to her pregnant aunt and she misses the baby's birth. Ultimately, her aunt credits Ruthie's errand-running with prompting the birth and honors Ruthie with being the first to hold the baby. Phelan's lighthearted pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations are the book's highlight.
Reviewer: Abby Harper Kingsbury

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