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Dragonfly Books, 1994-01-03

Mrs. Katz and Tush

Mrs. Katz and Tush

Dell Picture Yearling and Reading Rainbow Books

Patricia Polacco, Author

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9780440409366

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A long-lasting friendship develops between Larnel, a young African-American, and Mrs. Katz, a lonely, Jewish widow, when Larnel presents Mrs. Katz with a scrawny kitten without a tail.
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Keywords and Themes: African American & Black • Animals • Family • Friendship • Jewish • JUV002190 • JUV011010 • JUV013030 • JUV033020 • JUV039060 • Juvenile Fiction • Multigenerational • Pets • Religious • Social Themes

Age Range • 3-7

Pages • 32

Subjects • Friendship in children • Jews • African Americans • Cats • Friendship

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship • Juvenile Fiction | African American & Black • Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Pets • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational • Juvenile Fiction | Religious | Jewish

In this special Passover story, Larnel Moore, a young African-American boy, and Mrs. Katz, an elderly Jewish woman, develop an unusual friendship through their mutual concern for an abandoned cat named Tush. Together they explore the common themes of suffering and triumph in each of their cultures.

"Polacco's bright double-spread watercolor paintings are exuberant...an elemental picture of human family."-- "Booklist."

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