The Cat Who Wore a Pot On Her Head
by Jan Slepian
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When Bendemolena wears a tin pot on her head what she hears gets so mixed up that she and her brothers and sisters iron the meat, nail the chairs to the wall, and invite in a bear and a horse.Tags
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I liked this book for two reasons. First the story was really simple, yet funny. I liked how the author portrayed Bendemolena as a child who loved to help her mom and had good intentions even thought everything went wrong. I also like how at the end the mother didn't yell at Bendemolena for turning the house upside down, but instead she put two holes in the pot and asked Bendemolena to hug her for her hard work. This book was very easy and fun to read. This book definitely pushes readers to think what will Bendemolena do next and when will she realize that she can't hear her mother at all. The main idea of this story is that our good intentions sometimes can turn bad but if someone truly appreciate our good intention they will forget show more the mess that we made and love us for trying to help. I absolutely love reading this story and it would be a great story for first and second graders. show less
When the eldest of 10 kittens wears a shiny pot as a hat, she has a hard time hearing her mother correctly. Her mis-interpretation of her mother's instructions creates some very funny, silly situations.
Some children will go (have gone) nuts for this. I guess I don't have a good sense of humor.
Funny things happen because a cat with a pot on her head can't hear her mother clearly.
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Jan Slepian was born Janice Berek in New York City on January 2, 1921. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brooklyn College and a master's in speech therapy from New York University. She worked as a speech therapist in hospitals. She was an author, essayist, and poet. She wrote books for children and young adults including The show more Alfred Summer, Lester's Turn, The Broccoli Tapes, Risk n' Roses, Pinocchio's Sister, and Emily Just in Time. Her collection of essays, Astonishment: Life in the Slow Lane, was published in 2008. She also wrote two collections of poetry entitled Jellybeans in Space and The Other Shoe. She died on November 2, 2016 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Original title
- Bendemolena
- Alternate titles
- The Cat Who Wore a Pot on Her Head
- Original publication date
- 1967
- People/Characters
- Bendemolena
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813
- Disambiguation notice
- Original title: Bendemolena
Bendemolena (retitled: The Cat Who Wore a Pot on Her Head)
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- Languages
- English
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- ISBNs
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- ASINs
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