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Kitten and the Night Watchman
Hardcover
AnimalsGeneral Juvenile Fiction
Publisher Price: $17.99
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ISBN10: 1481461915
ISBN13: 9781481461917
Publisher: Paula Wiseman Book/Beach Lane Books
Published: Sep 25 2018
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.50 Width: 9.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Awards: Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
ISBN13: 9781481461917
Publisher: Paula Wiseman Book/Beach Lane Books
Published: Sep 25 2018
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.50 Width: 9.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Awards: Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Margaret Wise Brown Prize
Five starred reviews!
Selected as a Best Book of 2018 by The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and BookPage Empathetic, poetic, and a joy to look at, cute kitty and all. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A stray kitten changes the way the watchman sees nighttime in this tender book based on a true story, illustrated by Strictly No Elephants artist Taeeun Yoo. The night watchman hugs his wife and kids and drives to work.
Five starred reviews!
Selected as a Best Book of 2018 by The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and BookPage Empathetic, poetic, and a joy to look at, cute kitty and all. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A stray kitten changes the way the watchman sees nighttime in this tender book based on a true story, illustrated by Strictly No Elephants artist Taeeun Yoo. The night watchman hugs his wife and kids and drives to work.
All night he is alone.
Every hour he makes his rounds. He sees the stars twinkling. He hears the sounds of the night:
ki-DEE ki-DEE ki-DEE
shhhhheeeeeEEEERRRROOOOooooommmmmm
Woof! Woof! Woof! Meeeoooow. When he is joined by a stray kitten, the night suddenly seems different. Has the kitten found a new home? Kitten and the Night Watchman is inspired by the true story of author John Sullivan meeting a stray cat while working as a night watchman. The cat, Beebe, was John's companion for seventeen years.
Every hour he makes his rounds. He sees the stars twinkling. He hears the sounds of the night:
ki-DEE ki-DEE ki-DEE
shhhhheeeeeEEEERRRROOOOooooommmmmm
Woof! Woof! Woof! Meeeoooow. When he is joined by a stray kitten, the night suddenly seems different. Has the kitten found a new home? Kitten and the Night Watchman is inspired by the true story of author John Sullivan meeting a stray cat while working as a night watchman. The cat, Beebe, was John's companion for seventeen years.
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