Book Description
for Mr. Putter & Tabby Spin the Yarn by Cynthia Rylant and Arthur Howard
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
In their fifteenth outing, Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby are helping their neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, by serving tea to the members of her knitting club. But all that yarn is just too much for Tabby, who can only restrain herself for so long. Meanwhile, Mrs. Teaberry’s dog, Zeke, can’t take his eyes off the potatoes—fake potatoes that adorn a hat belonging to one of the club members. They are too irresistible. When the inevitable chaos ensues, it takes all of the charm Mr. Putter can muster to make things right with the members of the knitting club. Like her other Mr. Putter and Tabby stories, Rylant’s latest is quaintly absurd, filled with both generosity and humor. Divided into three short chapters, the fine text is enriched by Arthur Howard’s sweetly funny illustrations. (Ages 4–7)
CCBC Choices 2007 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2007. Used with permission.