Marjorie Blain Parker has written many picture books, including When Dads Don't Grow Up (Dial Books for Young Readers), Hello, School Bus! (Scholastic), and Mama's Little Duckling (Dutton Children's Books), which School Library Journal called 'a standout'. Jed Henry is the author and illustrator of Cheer Up, Mouse! (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and I Speak Dinosaur! (Abrams). His book Can't Wait Till Christmas, written by Mike Huckabee, was a New York Times bestseller.
“The rhyming story of a little cat who misses his grandmother and
father, who both live far away. With the world growing smaller and
smaller, many children have relatives who live at a distance.
Whether a parent is stationed abroad for the military or a
grandmother happens to live across the country, children miss their
beloved family, despite the connection that computers, letters and
phone calls give. Speaking in the first person, this little kitty
starts by placing pictures of Grandma and Dad on the big wall map.
'I know that we live far away, far apart. / But I can still love
you with all of my heart.' Packages and Skype-like sessions work
well for a while, but there are times when the little kitty is just
too sad to be apart. Soon, both grandmother and father are on the
way, by taxi, train and plane, and a joyful reunion occurs, just in
time, it seems, for the kitty's birthday. The singsong rhyme will
allow new readers to easily memorize this comforting book, and
sunny illustrations, especially of Grandma knitting all sorts of
sweaters, keep the tone light." —Kirkus Reviews
“The rhyming story of a little cat who misses his grandmother and
father, who both live far away. With the world growing smaller and
smaller, many children have relatives who live at a distance.
Whether a parent is stationed abroad for the military or a
grandmother happens to live across the country, children miss their
beloved family, despite the connection that computers, letters and
phone calls give. Speaking in the first person, this little kitty
starts by placing pictures of Grandma and Dad on the big wall map.
'I know that we live far away, far apart. / But I can still love
you with all of my heart.' Packages and Skype-like sessions work
well for a while, but there are times when the little kitty is just
too sad to be apart. Soon, both grandmother and father are on the
way, by taxi, train and plane, and a joyful reunion occurs, just in
time, it seems, for the kitty's birthday. The singsong rhyme will
allow new readers to easily memorize this comforting book, and
sunny illustrations, especially of Grandma knitting all sorts of
sweaters, keep the tone light." —Kirkus Reviews
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