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Rylant, Cynthia

Mr. Putter and Tabby Ring the Bell

44 pp. | Harcourt | September, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-15-205071-9 $14.99

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Arthur Howard. One "crispy fall" day, Mr. Putter, nostalgic for the sights and smells of school, encourages his neighbor and her "showy" dog to accompany Tabby and himself as show-and-tell guests in a first-grade classroom. The pets don't actually know any tricks, but the comical illustrations, filled with humorous details, take full advantage of the mayhem they cause at school.

Reviewer: Susan Halperin