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Author: Schachner, Judith Byron Illustrator: Schachner, Judith Byron
 
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Class: Easy
Age: 3-6
Language: English
Descriptors: Picture Book
LC: PZ7.S328
Grade: P-1
Print Run: 50000
ISBN-13: 9780803737884
LCCN: 2012042083
Imprint: Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub Date: 10/22/2013
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
List: $17.99
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Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm H 11.25", W 9.43", D 0.31", 0.9125 lbs.
LC Series:
Brodart Sources: Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
Brodart's Fresh Reads for Kids TIPS Selections
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Awards: Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
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TIPS Subjects: Pets/Domestic Animals
BISAC Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Cats
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Adoption
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
LC Subjects: Cats, Fiction
Lost and found possessions, Fiction
SEARS Subjects: Cats, Fiction
Lost and found possessions, Fiction
Reading Programs: Accelerated Reader Level: 3.8 , Points: 0.5
Lexile Level: 700
 
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Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles | 10/01/2013
Approaching old age and happy with his family, all Tink the cat wants is one outdoor adventure. He's about to get it. Join Tink as he sets out for an epic night that was a long time coming. 32pp., Ill.
Journal Reviews
Booklist | 10/15/2013
Preschool-Grade 2. Tink is a beloved indoor pet with a brain "the size of a frozen pea." No matter, his family loves him to bits and pieces. Schachner uses charcoal pencil, pan pencil, pastels, watercolor, and cut paper to glorify the antics of this beloved cat in full-bleed spreads and panels. When Tink's peculiar eating habits include devouring a flip-flop, three Chinese lanterns, some dollhouse furniture, and a Slinky, it's off to the kitty clinic for a tummy treatment. Even when his family finds him a new kitten named Little (and he is) to keep him company indoors, Tink still yearns for another outdoor experience. Finally, on his twentieth birthday, the old boy sneaks outside and has some intoxicating adventures in the big wide world. In a vibrant double-page spread, Tink strolls into the night, viewing the moon, the owls, and other nighttime creatures, and then realizes he is lost. All ends well with reassuring smiles between the two cats as they rest on the blue polka-dotted armchair. Fans of Schachner's Skippyjon Jones series should lap this one up. Gepson, Lolly. 32p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2013.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books | 12/01/2013
R. 5-7 yrs. Tink is an adorable Siamese cat with "a brain the size of a frozen pea," given to napping in odd positions and eating things he shouldn't (pool noodles, rubber bands, etc.). When his family brings home a kitten friend for him, there is a brief period of adjustment before the two felines become fast friends. As indoor cat Tink ages, he continues to be fascinated by the outdoors, and one day he manages to slip out unnoticed. While he initially enjoys his time outside, he soon becomes lost and ends up hanging out in another family's garage until two girls recognize him from some "lost cat" posters and Tink is happily reunited with his family. This is more an affectionate ode to a beloved (if not too bright) pet than a straightforward story, but cat-loving kids will not mind a whit. Schachner's narrative is gently amusing and carefully constructed, with occasional alliteration giving the text an almost lyrical quality: "So his mother, who loved her boy to bits, had no choice but to take Tink to the kitty clinic, where they treated him with green gloves and a giant red pill." Tink's charm really shines in the pictures, delicately rendered in charcoal pencil, pan pastels, watercolor, and cut paper, and the Siamese kitty's wide, sky-blue eyes stand out brilliantly against his chocolate and cream fur. His poses-lazily snoozing on a chair; violently flailing in the grip of the vet; twitching his tail grumpily at the arrival of the new kitten-capture the essence of his personality and his felinity. Skippyjon Jones fans will also notice a similarity between that character's appearance and the new kitten that joins Tink's family. Pair this with Schachner's The Grannyman (BCCB 1/00) or add it to a cat-themed storytime. Am I recommending it? Yes, Siam. JH. 32p. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, c2013.
Horn Book Guide | 05/01/2014
3. Tink (The Grannyman), a not-too-bright indoor Siamese cat with a taste for adventure, sneaks outside. After an eventful night and a morning of adoration from neighborhood children, he's reunited with his worried family. The text is full of affection; expressive, pleasantly textured illustrations in charcoal, pastel, watercolor, and cut paper capture the love among Tink and his family members (both human and feline). klb. 32pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2014.
Kirkus Reviews | 09/15/2013
Another charming slice-of-(real)-life story from veteran author/illustrator Schachner that will particularly please fans of The Grannyman (1999). Readers learn immediately that Tink, the feline main character who's loved to "bits and pieces" by his human family, is the kitten that was raised by Simon, the elderly Siamese cat in the earlier book. The narrator speculates that perhaps this unorthodox upbringing is the source of Tink's quirky habits. But really, his behavior seems completely catlike. Combining mixed-media illustrations and a conversational tone with a healthy dollop of humor, Schachner describes how Tink digs in the plants, sits on the newspaper, jumps into the middle of board games, stalks the bathtub and generally makes a beloved pest of himself. Breezy, colorful full-page paintings and multiple smaller vignettes are created with charcoal, pastel, watercolor and cut-paper collage to show these and other adventures, including a memorable trip to the vet. Though Schachner doesn't explicitly identify Tink's family, fans will likely recognize the two adorable girls who are his "sisters" as well as their parents, and they may even have some suspicions about the big-eared Siamese kitten that eventually joins the household. Their cozy home life contrasts effectively with the mild adventure Tink manages to tuck into his old age. Fellow cat fanciers will appreciate Schachner's low-key tale and share her unabashed love for her furry friend. (Picture book. 4-7). 32pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2013.
Publishers Weekly | 09/02/2013
Ages 3-5. Life goes on: the tiny kitten that materialized in Schachner's The Grannyman is now full grown--and something of an "odd duck," as the author puts it. Tink isn't the smartest cat ("maybe it was because his brain was the size of a frozen pea"), but he is beloved by his family, even when he tries to eat pool noodles, rubber bands, "and a slinky," as a long list explains. This is clearly a very personal book for Schachner (the back flap displays a picture of her family's cat of 20 years, Tink, with a slinky in his mouth), and the anecdotes feel ripped from oft-repeated family pet stories, whether it's Tink licking a stick of butter left out or the way his body takes on certain slinkylike dimensions when he tries to sneak outdoors. Schachner's warm prose and mixed-media artwork overflow with affection for both Tink and the SkippyJon-lookalike "little friend" who joins the family. But while cat-lovers (especially adult ones) will nod with recognition and appreciation, there's very little in this meandering, episodic story to entice a broader readership. (Oct.). 32p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2013.
School Library Journal | 09/01/2013
K-Gr 1. Although Tink's brain is "the size of a frozen pea," his family loves their not-so-bright cat to bits. After a goatlike meal of household odds and ends lands him at the vet, their beloved boy gets a taste of the adventure and mystery of the great outdoors. His family gets him a brother for company, but he still longs for life on the outside. He finally sneaks out on his 20th birthday, and a day full of frolicking turns into a night of wandering, and he wakes lost and confused in an old tire. Two quick-thinking neighborhood girls save him from being carted off to a shelter and he is enthusiastically welcomed home. Schachner's smudgy, cheerful illustrations buoy up this story that is occasionally bogged down by an apparent attempt to squeeze the real Tink's long life into a few picture-book pages. Nonetheless, the author's fans and cat lovers will relate to the story of the feline's antics and the satisfying resolution. Jenna Boles, Greene County Public Library, OH. 32p. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2013.
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