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Tuffy the pet cat narrates his escapades as he attempts to escape his family's cat-sitter and suffers through a humiliating episode of mistaken identity.Tags
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Ellie and her family leave pet cat Tuffy in the care of Reverend Barnham while they are away on vacation, much to Tuffy's dismay, as he had been looking forward to free reign of the house. As his name implies, Tuffy has rough edges: Catty, snide and sarcastic, he aggravates the vicar to no end. For newly accomplished readers, Tuffy's story is one crazy high-jinks after another.
Sylvia B. Kendrick IST 612 Summer 2007 Annotation Assignment
Category/genre: Easy Chapter Books (1 of 2)
Title: The Return of the Killer Cat
Author: Anne Fine
Illustrator: Steve Cox
Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Date of Publication: 2007
Recommended age: 7-9
Rationale for age level: Children in this age group are developing their sense of humor and will relate to Tuffy's embarassment when he ends up wearing baby clothes. They will enjoy the mischief Tuffy gets into since they are developing a sense of right and wrong.
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Tuffy the cat is very excited when he finds out his owners are going on vacation for a week. But his plans to lounge on top of the TV and trample the garden uninterrupted are dashed. The vicar show more is cat sitting and he proves to be none too happy about Tuffy's habits. Tuffy challenges the vicar's patience with his howling parties, his refusal to eat, and finally by disappearing. This book was first printed in 2003 in Great Britain. Some of the words used in the story reflect the British flavor, such as “vicar” and “knickers”.
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The simple blackline drawings succeed in conveying the many expressions of the cat star and his human companions. They add to the hilarious moments, like when Tuffy finds himself in a baby outfit.
Suggested use: What other adventures might Tuffy get into? Write a new chapter for this boo show less
Category/genre: Easy Chapter Books (1 of 2)
Title: The Return of the Killer Cat
Author: Anne Fine
Illustrator: Steve Cox
Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Date of Publication: 2007
Recommended age: 7-9
Rationale for age level: Children in this age group are developing their sense of humor and will relate to Tuffy's embarassment when he ends up wearing baby clothes. They will enjoy the mischief Tuffy gets into since they are developing a sense of right and wrong.
Annotation/review:
Tuffy the cat is very excited when he finds out his owners are going on vacation for a week. But his plans to lounge on top of the TV and trample the garden uninterrupted are dashed. The vicar show more is cat sitting and he proves to be none too happy about Tuffy's habits. Tuffy challenges the vicar's patience with his howling parties, his refusal to eat, and finally by disappearing. This book was first printed in 2003 in Great Britain. Some of the words used in the story reflect the British flavor, such as “vicar” and “knickers”.
Illustrations:
The simple blackline drawings succeed in conveying the many expressions of the cat star and his human companions. They add to the hilarious moments, like when Tuffy finds himself in a baby outfit.
Suggested use: What other adventures might Tuffy get into? Write a new chapter for this boo show less
Tuffy est un chat comme les autres. Il est indépendant... mais surtout, il a l'esprit de famille!
this book is realy funny and I agree with the four and a half stars.ITS GREAT!
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Anne Fine was the second Children's Laureate in Britain between 2001 and 2003. She is a two time winner of the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most coveted children's literature award, and has also won the Guardian Children's Literature Award, the Whitbread Children's Novel Award twice, and a Smarties Prize. She also won the Publishing News Children's show more Author of the Year Award in 1990 and again in 1993. In 2010 she won the inaugural Good Writing Award. Her books for older children include the award winning The Tulip Touch, Goggle-Eyes, which was adapted for television by the BBC and The Devil Walks. Twentieth Century Fox filmed her novel Madame Doubtfire as Mrs Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams. She also writes critically acclaimed adult novels as well. Her work has been translated into twenty-five languages, and has over forty books to her credit. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Molla quel libro, gatto killer!
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- The return of the killer cat
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