You should always try new things even if it does not sound like something you want to do. I agree that it is perfect for beginning readers there isn’t much text but that does not mean that there is not a great story formed and lesson to be learned with what is there. I think the artwork is incredibly unique and only adds to the excitement of the plot of the story. Response to Two Professional Reviews: I agree with both of these professional reviews. Brightly colored cartoons of the animals' antics and the characters' expressions expand the humor.-Nancy Baumann, Indian Paintbrush Elementary, Laramie, WY This hilarious story is told with a minimal text that's perfect for beginning readers. Mayhem breaks out, tables are overturned, the chef faints, and beans fly everywhere. Zeke is snacking on a granola bar he finds in someone's handbag just as its owner sticks her hand in. Teaberry's unpredictable bulldog, and Tabby accompany the couple to the class. Putter wants is a strawberry soda with a cherry on top. In this installment, she wants him to go to a cooking class focusing on 100 ways to cook beans. Putter! Once again, he is persuaded to go along with one of Mrs. Professional Recommendation/Review #2: (School Library Journal) Putter & Tabby series for beginning readers. Fresh and spirited, Howard’s pencil, watercolor, and gouache artwork brightens every page of this book from the Mr. Professional Recommendation/Review #1: (Booklist)Ĭomprising seven short, smoothly written chapters, this story offers a bit of action, a bit of humor, and the suggestion that even unappealing new experiences can be worth a try. What could possibly go wrong bringing pets to a cooking class? Teaberry and her dog Zeke all set out to a cooking class that delves into 100 ways to cook beans. Putter and his cat Tabby along with his neighbor Mrs. Teaberry and her good dog, Zeke.”īrief Book Summary: Mr. Putter and his fine cat, Tabby lived next door to Mrs. Theme(s): Friendship, Trying new things, Pets There is JOY, pure joy, to be had in this early chapter book series by Cynthia Rylant. They can always be counted on for a good laugh. I also really LOVE their pets Zeke and Tabby. I'm so glad they're such good friends and neighbors. The adventure really only happens because they bring Tabby and Zeke with them to class. Putter doesn't want to know more than one way, and that might be stretching the truth. The cooking class is ONE HUNDRED DIFFERENT WAYS TO COOK BEANS. Putter and Tabby Spill the Beans is a cooking class. They were all good friends and neighbors. Putter and his fine cat, Tabby, lived next door to Mrs. Characteristically, she portrays introspective, compassionate young people who live in rural settings or in small towns and who tend to be set apart from their peers.įirst sentence: Mr. Rylant is perhaps most well known as a novelist. A prolific author who often bases her works on her own background, especially on her childhood in the West Virginia mountains, she is the creator of contemporary novels and historical fiction for young adults, middle-grade fiction and fantasy, lyrical prose poems, beginning readers, collections of short stories, volumes of poetry and verse, books of prayers and blessings, two autobiographies, and a biography of three well-known children's writers several volumes of the author's fiction and picture books are published in series, including the popular "Henry and Mudge" easy readers about a small boy and his very large dog. An author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for children and young adults as well as an author and author/illustrator of picture books for children, Cynthia Rylant is recognized as a gifted writer who has contributed memorably to several genres of juvenile literature.
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