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31 pp.
| Houghton/Lorraine |
September, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-395-88415-2$$15.00
(3)
K-3
In this humorous counting book, five, then ten, then fifteen, and up to forty cats are stuck in the tree outside of Nana Quimby's house. Her pleas for help to the firehouse, the library, the zoo, the pet shop, and city hall are ignored. "'Sorry,' said the police station, 'we do not catch cats up a tree. Call back if the cats rob a bank.'" Colored with a rich pastel palette, the illustrations are especially lively.