Judy West

Kitten can meow, yowl, and hiss, but she can't purr like her mother cat. Her mother tells her to just be patient and the purrs will come, but Kitten is convinced someone else on the farm has stolen her purr. She spends all day searching out and speaking with each farm animal, learning that each has a unique sound of her or his own, but there is not a single purr to be found amongst them. At last, tired and a little downtrodden, she returns home to her mother and finds her purr once she is show more warm and contented resting beside her mother.

This book grew on me after my 6-year-old niece and the toddler I babysit both asked to hear it read aloud several times, but it's still not my favorite. It's a good introduction/reminder of the different farm animals and the sounds they make, although many books cover that subject already. The illustrations are fitting, but nothing particularly amazing. The kitten is a cute enough character, determined but wrongheaded, and it's nice to have a female lead in a children's book as that is rare (even when the characters are all animals). The ending, with a mother's warm embrace and a happy, purring kitten nodding off to sleep, is sweet and comforting. Indeed, the whole book with its gentle tone and limited action makes this book a good choice for a bedtime story. show less

Have You Got My Purr is a story about a kitten who is looking for her "purr". She goes all around the farm asking the animals if they have her purr which they say they do not until finally the owl tells the kitten that she should ask her mom. The kitten's mom told her daughter that no one had her purr but her.
The story was cute and well written. I enjoyed the whole thing from start to finish. The ending was predictable if you know anything about animals as only a cat can purr. The pictures show more were also well done and I enjoyed looking at them, especially the night-time pictures. show less

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 show 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. show less

A kitten is sad because it appears she lost her purr. She is willing to go out and find it so she goes and ask each of the farm animals. The animals each make the noise they make and the cat goes to each and every animal asking if they have her purr. Finally, Owl tells her to go see her mother and she will help you find the our. She rushes over there and mama cat tells her to get a purr you have to be happy. The kitty finds her purr.
I would read this book to k-1. Its just a really simple show more book that goes over animal sounds and I think for Kindergarten or first grade it would be a lovely book. The text is large and the pictures are full of color. show less