A Box Full of Kittens
Author: Sonia Manzano (“Maria" on Sesame Street)
Illustrator: Matt Phelan
Hardcover
Reading age: 4 - 8 years, Grade level Preschool - 3
Pages: 40
Publisher: Atheneum Books (2007)
Condition: Like New
Postage: Free within Australia
And when Ruthie is asked to go spend the afternoon with her
aunt, who is about to have a baby any day day now and may need some help.
Ruthie seizes the opportunity. It could be her chance to be a hero, should the
baby come while she's visiting! But when Ruthie is out fetching a snack for her
aunt, she gets so distracted by a box full of kittens in the bodega that she
doesn't hear her aunt calling for her, nor does she notice the policemen
running to the apartment or the ambulance pulling to the curb. When she
realizes what's happened, she's devastated -- she's missed her one chance to be
a hero! Or has she?