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Perkins, Lynne Rae

The Broken Cat

32 pp. | Greenwillow | April, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-06-029263-6 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-06-029264-4 $$15.89
(1) K-3 As Andy and his mother, grandmother, and aunt sit at the vet's with their injured cat, Andy asks his mom to tell him about when she broke her arm as a girl. Perkins gets the telling of an oft-told family story just right. Thought balloons reveal each person's memories; illustrations correct each other, just as the characters do. The result is a highly engaging interaction of text and art. This is a paean to the ability of stories to comfort and connect.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2002

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