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The first instalment in the Animal Ark series, Kittens is the Kitchen follows 13-year-old Mandy Hope as she races to find homes for four newborn kittens. Not long after the kittens are born in her school custodian’s kitchen, Mandy is told she has just a week to adopt out the kittens before Mr. Williams the custodian will “deal with them” himself.
With the help of her friend James, her parents, grandparents and neighbours, Mandy perseveres to not just find homes for the kittens, but to find responsible, loving guardians. The task isn’t easy, but Mandy doesn’t give up. Along the way, she meets a host of characters; some she likes, while others have points of view she disagrees with. Some, she eventually learns, aren’t as bad as they first seem. Always, though, Mandy maintains the welfare of the kittens as her motivation. In between her search for four great homes and taking care of the mother cat and kittens, Mandy keeps up with her responsibilities as a guardian to her own pets at home.
Suitable for students in grades 3 to 5, Kittens in the Kitchen is a great classroom or at-home chapter book that demonstrates what can be done when one caring, dedicated person makes it their mission to make a difference.
Publishers, do you have a book you would like the BC SPCA to review? Email Paula Neuman, humane education supervisor to learn more.
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