Whittington
by Alan Armstrong
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Author: Alan ArmstrongIllustrator: S.D. Schindler
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-07-26
ISBN: 0375828648
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Book Review: "Oh my friends, I always wanted a family. You are my family...Just as I protect you, so you protect me. I am grateful"
Summary: 5 Stars
This Newbery honor book is the story of families of origin and families of creation. It is also a tale depicting the power of love and of story. Framed within the present in which Ben and Abby, brother and sister, spend time in their grandfather's barn listening to a tale told by the barn cat, Whittington, who is a descendant of the fabled Dick Whittington's cat. The novel "Whittington" moves between a re-telling of the medieval Whittington tale to two present day tales in which Ben is struggling to read and the animals are struggling for primacy in the barn.
"Whittington" offers adventures and excitement in the tales of Dick's travel as a peddler, as well as in the battle of the animals in the barn. The story also offers emotional insights and pathos in the tale of Ben working through his problem with dyslexia and the recovery of Lady, the duck who is head of the animals in the barn, after an attack.
This would be an enjoyable family or classroom read-aloud for 4th and 5th graders, as well as a rewarding book for kids who like animal tales and/or fables.
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