The Last Little Cat

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Back in print after four decades - With its simple vocabulary and repetitive text, The Last Little Cat is the perfect early reader book. Ideal for 2nd - 4th grades.

By Meindert DeJong

5.5' x 8.5', 70 pages, illustrated,  Perfect-bound softcover, ISBN 1-892857-00-6.

$7.95 per copy up to 10. $7.00 per copy for 10+ - please call to place a quantity order.

Written by Meindert DeJong, the 1954 Newbery award winner for The Wheel on the School, is a loving compassionate book perfect for the early reader. It's filled with simple limited vocabulary and repetitive text. The ideal book for 2nd - 4th grades, and younger children delight in having the story read to them over and over again.

The last little cat was born in a kennel, surrounded by dogs and dog cages and dog noises. The little cat was always half-cold and half-hungry - until the day it fell into the cage of the old, blind dog.

Then, for a while, the last little cat was warm, and the last little cat was well fed. But how could such a small cat know that barn doors are closed at night and that there are people in the world who do not want to help a helpless kitten.

The story of how the last little cat found a home, and not only a home, but the perfect home, again confirms Meindert DeJong's place among the finest writers of this or any day.