Mr. Putter and Tabby Ring the Bell

by Cynthia Rylant, Arthur Howard

Overview

It’s back to school time, and some very special guests are coming to class! “These four neighbors are great company.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
Dong! Dong! Dong! The school bell is ringing. The crispy fall wind is blowing. Mr. Putter wishes he could go back to school—even for just one day. Then he has an idea: How about a visit during show-and-tell with Mrs. Teaberry, Tabby the cat, and Zeke the dog?
 
The teacher agrees, but there’s one problem. She and the students expect to see some pet tricks. Will Tabby and Zeke be able to deliver?
 
“An amusing fall-flavored offering from the Mr. Putter and Tabby series that’s good for reading aloud or reading alone.”—Booklist 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780544761308
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	06/11/2020
Series:	Mr. Putter and Tabby Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	44
Lexile:	440L (what's this?)
File size:	24 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than one hundred books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge series. Her novel Missing May received the Newbery Medal in 1993 and A Fine White Dust won a Newbery Honor; she is also the author of two Caldecott Honorwining picture books. Some of her other notable works include the Annie and Snowball series, the Poppleton series, the novel The Islander, and a number of other poetry books and story collections. She lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"An amusing fall-flavored offering from the Mr. Putter and Tabby series that’s good for reading aloud or reading alone."—Booklist

Editorial Reviews

"An amusing fall-flavored offering from the Mr. Putter and Tabby series that’s good for reading aloud or reading alone."—Booklist —

From the Publisher

K-Gr 2—Mr. Putter and Tabby are back for their 20th (Harcourt, 2011) adventure in Cynthia Rylant's beloved beginning chapter book series. The crisp fall air and sound of a distant bell make Mr. Putter wistful about school. He devises a plan to get back into school by bringing his lazy cat Tabby and his amenable neighbor Mrs. Teaberry along with her mischievous dog Zeke in for show-and-tell. There's one hitch: the first-grade teacher and students are expecting the decidedly talentless Tabby and Zeke to perform tricks. The pets perform a single trick for the class, with disastrous results, but it's nothing an apology note and a batch of cupcakes can't repair. Narrator John McDonough's deep, regal voice is the perfect embodiment of Mr. Putter. He deftly conveys the mild emotions and ups and downs in the story. An entertaining tale.—Jennifer Verbrugge, Dakota County Library, Eagan, MN

School Library Journal

Show-and-Tell will never be the same after Mr. Putter and Tabby and Mrs. Teaberry and Zeke are through.

Fall for Mr. Putter and his cat, Tabby, means crisp air, crunchy leaves and apples. But this year, the ringing of the school bell arouses a longing in Mr. Putter for school days gone by—globes, pencils, erasers. Just then, their neighbor's dog, Zeke, streaks through the yard wearing half a cake on his head and sparks one of Mr. Putter's infamous ideas. With Mrs. Teaberry as his accomplice, the two neighbors are soon scheduled to appear at first grade show-and-tell with their pets and their pet tricks...only Tabby and Zeke are not well known for any tricks. And by the end of the big day, the only trick they have done is a disappearing one: Zeke demolishes the class cupcakes, and then both skedaddle. Still, Mr. Putter gets to enjoy the school smells and sights and, especially, the children. And both he and Mrs. Teaberry enjoy laughing at the worst show-and-tell ever. Howard's pencil, watercolor and gouache illustrations charmingly convey Mr. Putter's longings, the mischievousness of his plan and his delight in being back in school. Rylant's ever-fresh text will gracefully coax emergent readers into independence.

These four neighbors are great company, and their portrayal of aging is sweetly refreshing.(Early reader. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews