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