Have You Got My Purr? (1999)

What a wonderful book to own for my personal collection! I am happy I purchased it. I believe that it will serve as a awesome tool for literacy. It teaches many different things all in one cute book such as, animal sounds, comprehension, and prediction (animals which come next appear on previous page). Also, the illustrations, by Tim Warnes, are colorful and very attractive to look at and the book more appealing. ( )

A kitten wants to purr, but cannot seem to do it. She goes around asking every kind of animal she can find on the farm if they have her purr. Each animal tells the kitten to go ask another animal. Eventually, the kitten is directed to go to her mother because SHE has her purr. Confused, the kitten goes back to her mother, and her mother explains that a cat purrs when she is happy. The cats snuggled together, and finally the kitten made a loud and long purr.
I don't believe I could find a more adorable book for a mother to read to her child. My sister-in-law read this book to her daughter, and I fell in love with it!
This book could be read to my classroom of students during a lesson learning about farm animals. This book talks about several farm animals and discusses the noises they make. I could also have the students select any other animal in the world and act out the sound that this animal makes to the rest of the class.