Book Descriptions
for Who Will Bell the Cat? by Patricia C. McKissack and Christopher Cyr
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
A group of barn mice have a brilliant idea: If they can put a bell around the cat’s neck, they’d always know when she was coming and could hide. Through industrious teamwork they find the necessary materials to make a collar with a bell, but how will they ever get it around the cat’s neck? After a couple of well- planned but unsuccessful attempts, the mice serendipitously get help from a little girl, part of a family of “giants” that’s just moved in. McKissack’s modern (and extended) version of a medieval fable is illustrated with detailed paintings that show the humans at the end of the book as African American. (Ages 4–7)
CCBC Choices 2019. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2019. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year!
A Chicago Tribune Best Children's Book of the Year!
Weak, sick, and hungry, a tabby cat seeks shelter in an old barn, where the mice take pity on her and make her a warm, cozy bed in the straw. . .
But as soon as she feels better, Marmalade the cat begins doing what cats do: chasing the mice!
When Smart Mouse stumbles across an old bell, the mice hatch a plan to make sure Marmalade can never sneak up on them again... but who will be able to get the collar onto the cat?
Retold by a master storyteller, this well-known fable is brought to life by bold, luminous illustrations of gentle mice, cozy barn corners, and of course, the magnificent feline rage of Marmalade on the hunt.
A perfect read-aloud for winter days.
A Chicago Tribune Best Children's Book of the Year!
Weak, sick, and hungry, a tabby cat seeks shelter in an old barn, where the mice take pity on her and make her a warm, cozy bed in the straw. . .
But as soon as she feels better, Marmalade the cat begins doing what cats do: chasing the mice!
When Smart Mouse stumbles across an old bell, the mice hatch a plan to make sure Marmalade can never sneak up on them again... but who will be able to get the collar onto the cat?
Retold by a master storyteller, this well-known fable is brought to life by bold, luminous illustrations of gentle mice, cozy barn corners, and of course, the magnificent feline rage of Marmalade on the hunt.
A perfect read-aloud for winter days.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
