Judy West

Kitten can meow, yowl, and hiss, but she can't purr like her mother cat. Her mother tells her to just be patient and the purrs will come, but Kitten is convinced someone else on the farm has stolen her purr. She spends all day searching out and speaking with each farm animal, learning that each has a unique sound of her or his own, but there is not a single purr to be found amongst them. At last, tired and a little downtrodden, she returns home to her mother and finds her purr once she is warm and contented resting beside her mother.

This book grew on me after my 6-year-old niece and the toddler I babysit both asked to hear it read aloud several times, but it's still not my favorite. It's a good introduction/reminder of the different farm animals and the sounds they make, although many books cover that subject already. The illustrations are fitting, but nothing particularly amazing. The kitten is a cute enough character, determined but wrongheaded, and it's nice to have a female lead in a children's book as that is rare (even when the characters are all animals). The ending, with a mother's warm embrace and a happy, purring kitten nodding off to sleep, is sweet and comforting. Indeed, the whole book with its gentle tone and limited action makes this book a good choice for a bedtime story.… (más)

A kitten is sad because it appears she lost her purr. She is willing to go out and find it so she goes and ask each of the farm animals. The animals each make the noise they make and the cat goes to each and every animal asking if they have her purr. Finally, Owl tells her to go see her mother and she will help you find the our. She rushes over there and mama cat tells her to get a purr you have to be happy. The kitty finds her purr.
I would read this book to k-1. Its just a really simple book that goes over animal sounds and I think for Kindergarten or first grade it would be a lovely book. The text is large and the pictures are full of color.… (más)