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Who Will Bell the Cat?

A group of barn mice have a brilliant idea: If they can put a bell around the cat’s neck, they’d always know when she was coming and could hide. Through industrious teamwork they find the necessary materials to make a collar with a bell, but how will they ever get it around the cat’s neck? After a couple of well- planned but unsuccessful attempts, the mice serendipitously get help from a little girl, part of a family of “giants” that’s just moved in. McKissack’s modern (and extended) version of a medieval fable is illustrated with detailed paintings that show the humans at the end of the book as African American. ©2019 Cooperative Children’s Book Center

Illustrated by Christopher Cyr

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-7
Age Range: PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format: Picture book
Subjects: Animals (Fiction) Fables
Diversity subject: Black/African

Publisher: Holiday House
Publish Year: 2018
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780823437009

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 398 McKissack

Who Will Bell the Cat?