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Tom's Tweet
by
Jill Esbaum,
Dan Santat (Goodreads Author)
Tom is on the hunt for a tasty morning treat when he spies a flip-flapping, fluttery bird just there for the taking. Hello, breakfast! But little Tweet with his big black button eyes is too skinny to eat. Tom is determined to not get involved, but he can't just leave Tweet there . . . frightened, unhappy, alone. Consarn it! It's just Tom's luck to get stuck with a Tweet!
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
November 8th 2011
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
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This is a sweetly humorous story about a cat who defies his basic instincts to care for a helpless creature. His efforts are not always appreciated, but all ends well.
We loved the grumpy old man cat, Tom - he reminds me of a more comic and spry version of Simon from the book The Grannyman by Judy Schachner. We have two cats at home that are 14 and 15 and I'm always telling our girls that they are grandma and grandpa kitties and that we need to be gentle and kind to them. But despite their age,...more
We loved the grumpy old man cat, Tom - he reminds me of a more comic and spry version of Simon from the book The Grannyman by Judy Schachner. We have two cats at home that are 14 and 15 and I'm always telling our girls that they are grandma and grandpa kitties and that we need to be gentle and kind to them. But despite their age,...more
This was just as cute as it could be! Tom the cat thinks he's scored an easy snack when he finds a helpless little bird, but his conscience kicks in and he decides to do the right thing and tries to put the baby back in its nest. An angry Mama bird misunderstands and goes on the attack. Poor Tom finally gets his little tweet back home, only to find him on the loose again the next day. The illustrations were charmingly adorable, and the story is a hoot. This one is being given to several little o...more
This book made my day! A cat's heart is melted by the scrawny little "tweet" he was fixing to eat, and against his will he does the unthinkable to take care of the little angel, even while braving the attacks of the mama bird. And the ending is the best of all possible endings. I'm going to have to buy this one. And also add it to my dream storytime designed to promote vegetarianism. Oh wait--worms were eaten in this one. Never mind.
I like this one. . .especially for the fact that it has cat hips in it which reminds of Kliban's cats (but this is whole other weird kind of ladder we don't need to get into here). Ladders to Of Mice and Men for Tom's being saddled with a friend in dire need of protection and nurture (don't miss Tom's eyes when he chews the worm for Tweet).
Awkward type breaks mar the flow of the very with-it rhyming text in this action-packed tale of a gruff old man cat and the tender tweety bird he finds in the grass one day. Anybody with a crusty grandpa who turns out to be a total creampuff the moment he meets his grandbabies will recognize old Tom.
Tom is minding his own business in his yard when he hears a sound. It is a little bird who has fallen from his nest. Tom really tries to put the little bird back in the nest but the little bird's mama dive-bombs him. So Tome takes care of the little bird for a while.
Funny book. kids will love it.
Funny book. kids will love it.
I ordered this because I'm on a Dan Santat kick. I did enjoy it even though the rhyming text is not my favorite to read aloud. A bit to sing-songy for me. However the illustrations of Tom are so reminiscent of Disney's version of Cheshire Cat, one can't but enjoy it.
D'awwww. This book about an unlikely relationship between a cat and a baby bird (this relationship is not eater and food!) is super-cute, with gee-shucks language that gives it a quirky twang. It's too involved for my storytime group, but I really like it!
I was loving this book until I came to some awkward line breaks that made me stop and reread to get the rhythm just right. I do love the crotchety old Tom Cat with his "Tarnation!" and "Dagnabbit!" and how he can't resist the skinny little Tweet.
Crotchety old Tom the cat is out and about one morning when he discovers what he thought would be his next snack. We soon learn that Tom is just an old softy at heart. Perfect picture book for a read aloud!!
With all of the technology talk of tweeting it is so refreshing that the tweet is a bird. We can all have unlikely friends in this world and be very happy. The artwork is colorful and refreshing.
The rhymes don't always work--you know, authors, prose is JUST FINE for children's books, not everyone is a Seuss--but the story is sweet and funny and well done and the pictures truly hilarious.
An unlikely friendship begins between a scraggly, scrawny little bird and a very hungry tom cat. It's true, the cat is a softy at heart...and ends up 'tweety-sitting.' HAHAHA!
I totally loved this book it is so funny! I can see reading this to early elementary grades. So fun!
Bright, colorful and fun picture book about an unlikely hero and a baby bird in need of rescue.
The language is rich and the rhymes are fun in this cute story about an unusual friendship.
This is the cutest book!Adorable illustrations, sweet story with rhyming prose.
Very cute; the cat ends up protecting the baby bird rather than eating it.
Very adorable illustrations and text. Made me think of my Tomtom cat. :)
Very cute story! The rhyming is a little weak... not great for story time.
This is adorable. I wanted to squeeze it's head until it popped off.
I do believe that Dan Santat is now one of my favorite illustrators!
Very cute! Wish the text were a little bigger, but fun story.
A bird sitter who is a cat?? Very cute and fun illustrations!
Fun picture book by my new co-blogger, Jill Esbaum.
Loved the illustrations that went with the storylines.
Dan Santat's illustrations are fabulous. Cute story.
Great comedic illustrations. Cracked me up.
Unlikely friendship between cat and bird.
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