How the Cat Swallowed Thunder
by Lloyd Alexander 
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Warned not to get into his usual mischief, Mother Holly's cat tries to tidy up all the mess he has made while she is away.Tags
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This folktale is all about how the cat got it's purr. It tells of a cat who was told by his owner Mother Holly to clean up the cottage while she is out. The cat gets into all kinds of mischief in the process using magical items to help him clean up the messes he makes while trying to attend to his tasks. At the end of it all, he swallows magical popcorn and develops his purr.
This was a very cute story that is sure to hold the interest of any child.
This was a very cute story that is sure to hold the interest of any child.
Very cute story about a cat that gets into all kinds of mischief while Mother Holly is away. This story would be good to retell because there is lots fo actions, characters, and colorful language. This book was found in the E section at Statham Public Library.
a cat is in charge of a bunch of chores, he ends up messing up all the chores and tries to fix it. eventually the mother comes back and the house is gorgeous.
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Lloyd Alexander, January 30, 1924 - May 17, 2007 Born Lloyd Chudley Alexander on January 30, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Allan Audley and Edna Chudley Alexander, Lloyd knew from a young age that he wanted to write. He was reading by the time he was 3, and though he did poorly in school, at the age of fifteen, he announced that he wanted show more to become a writer. At the age of 19 in 1942, Alexander dropped out of the West Chester State Teachers College in Pennsylvania after only one term. In 1943, he attended Lafayette College in Easton, PA, before dropping out again and joining the United States Army during World War II. Alexander served in the Intelligence Department, stationed in Wales, and then went on to Counter-Intelligence in Paris, where he was promoted to Staff Sergeant. When the war ended in '45, Alexander applied to the Sorbonne, but returned to the States in '46, now married. Alexander worked as an unpublished writer for seven years, accepting positions such as cartoonist, advertising copywriter, layout artist, and associate editor for a small magazine. Directly after the war, he had translated works for such artists as Jean Paul Sartre. In 1955, "And Let the Credit Go" was published, Alexander's first book which led to 10 years of writing for an adult audience. He wrote his first children's book in 1963, entitled "Time Cat," which led to a long career of writing for children and young adults. Alexander is best known for his "Prydain Chronicles" which consist of "The Book of Three" in 1964, "The Black Cauldron" in 1965 which was a Newbery Honor Book, as well as an animated motion picture by Disney which appeared in 1985, "The Castle of Llyr" in 1966, "Taran Wanderer" in 1967, a School Library Journal's Best Book of the Year and "The High King" which won the Newberry Award. Many of his other books have also received awards, such as "The Fortune Tellers," which was a Boston Globe Horn Book Award winner. In 1986, Alexander won the Regina Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the Catholic Library Association. His titles have been translated into many languages including, Dutch, Spanish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Serbo-Croation and Swedish. He died on May 17, 2007. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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