This Newbery-Honor winning tale introduces Whittington, a roughneck Tom who arrives one day at a barn full of rescued animals and asks for a place there. He spins for the animals--as well as for Ben and Abby, the kids whose grandfather does the rescuing--a yarn about his ancestor, the nameless cat who brought Dick Whittington to the heights of wealth and power in 16th-century England. This is an unforgettable tale about the healing, transcendent power of storytelling, and how learning to read saves one little boy.
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Original Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208 pages
ISBN-10: 0375828656
Item Weight: 0.3 lbs
Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches
Customer Reviews: 3 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
"This superior novel interweaves animal fantasy and family story with a retelling of the English folktale "Dick Whittington and His Cat." Teachers and librarians…take note: Whittington reads aloud beautifully, and the extended happy ending will leave everyone smiling in delight."--School Library Journal, starred
Alan Armstrong started volunteering in a friend's bookshop when he was eight. At 14, he was selling books at Brentano's. As an adult, every so often, he takes to the road in a VW bus named Zora to peddle used books. He is the editor of Forget Not Mee & My Garden, a collection of the letters of Peter Collinson, the 18th-century mercer and amateur botanist. He lives with his wife, Martha, a painter, in Massachusetts.
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