Beautiful Yetta's Hanukkah Kitten

by Daniel Pinkwater, Jill Pinkwater (Illustrator)

Overview

Yetta, beautiful Yetta, manages to escape from the butcher's shop. But now she is lost in Brooklyn—a strange place filled with rude rats and dangerous buses!

!??????

geVAHLT!

Oh, dear!

But then, brave Yetta saves a small green bird from a sneaky cat, and his friends, the wild parrots of Brooklyn, are very grateful.



¡Muchas gracias, gallina hermosa!

¡mooCHAS grahSEEas, gahYEEna ehrMOsa!

Thank you very much, beautiful chicken!

Has beautiful Yetta found her new home?

Inspired by real events, this multilingual story by Daniel Pinkwater is a witty, warm, and wonderful read-aloud for any age.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466877832
Publisher:	Feiwel & Friends
Publication date:	10/14/2014
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	47 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

DANIEL PINKWATER is the author of over 80 (and counting) acclaimed books for children. His wife, JILL PINKWATER, is an award-winning author and illustrator who has collaborated with Daniel on many fine books, including the beloved Hoboken Chicken Emergency.

Editorial Reviews

09/15/2014
Yetta, the Pinkwaters’ inimitable Yiddish-speaking, Brooklyn-dwelling chicken, is back in her second picture book, this time playing figurative mother hen and adoption agency for a stray kitten that she finds lost in a snowdrift. Yetta’s Spanish-speaking wild parrots friends/nest mates are dubious at first: “Es un gato!” they exclaim. “Es iz a kind!” Yetta insists. “Lomir es geb esn” (“It is a baby! Let’s feed it”). But they quickly come around and help Yetta find a good home during Hanukkah (“when the humans are in a good mood”) for the kitty—who in turn reveals it can teach the parrots a thing or two about latkes. Jill Pinkwater’s bright, freestyle drawings are as bighearted and chatty as the multilingual, multispecies text. Ages 3–7. Agent: Jennifer Laughran, Andrea Brown Literary Agency. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

This is a book that begs to be read aloud.” —School Library Journal

“Jill Pinkwater's bright, freestyle drawings are as bighearted and chatty as the multilingual, multispecies text.” —Publishers Weekly

“The Pinkwaters have crafted a tale of friendship and caring, this time with a festive holiday touch . . . A Hanukkah gift for readers and eaters.” —Kirkus Reviews

“It's classic Pinkwater: funny, weird, touching, and all about the joys of being sideways to reality...Daniel Pinkwater is a genius.” —Cory Doctorow on Beautiful Yetta

“Fresh and nostalgic, the story is told in three languages—English, Yiddish (Yetta's native tongue, so to speak) and Spanish (those real-life Brooklyn parrots had to come from somewhere). Pluck is really the name of the game.” —The San Francisco Chronicle on Beautiful Yetta

From the Publisher

10/01/2014
K-Gr 2—First introduced in Beautiful Yetta, the Yiddish Chicken (2010), the hen is still living in Brooklyn, the honorary mother to a flock of wild, Spanish-speaking parrots. One winter night, Yetta's maternal instinct kicks in again when she discovers a kitten in a snowdrift. "A ketseleh! A little cat!" says Yetta. "Helf mir mit ir. Help me take care of it," she says to the parrots, but they don't know what cats eat or where to take it. Besides, aren't they dangerous? Then they remember that it's Hanukkah, "cuando los humanos están de buen humor! When the humans are in a good mood!" They take the kitten to an old grandmother who says to Yetta, "Redstu Yidish, hinel? You speak Yiddish, chicken?" and then feeds them all latkes. Not much more happens, but that's hardly the point. Aside from the obvious nod to a mingling of languages and cultures, this is a book that begs to be read aloud, if for no other reason than the humor that emerges from a recitation of the multilingual transliterations. Large, brightly colored illustrations in marker and ink set against a white background have a comic quality that complements the minimal text. With almost no information about the actual holiday, this is not a book for Hanukkah novices, but for those looking for something fun to read during the festivities (think reader's theater.) It should have everyone saying "A frayleken Chanukah! ¡Un feliz Hanukkah! A Happy Hanukkah!"—Teri Markson, Los Angeles Public Library

School Library Journal

2014-08-12
Winter holiday joy and felicidad! Yetta the chicken had previously found a home in Brooklyn with wild green parrots (Beautiful Yetta, 2010). She nurtures them, loves them and tells them stories. But now winter has arrived, bringing bagels and pizza crusts for food and a warm home atop a streetlight. Suddenly one night there is a noise, barely audible. Yetta finds a tiny mewing kitten and enfolds it in her wings for warmth. The parrots are not happy about a cat in their midst, but Yetta implores them to help. What to do? Yetta has the answer. Bring her to an old grandmother in the neighborhood who happily takes her in, in exchange for latkes—potato pancakes. Yes, it is Hanukkah, and latkes are the plat du jour. As they did in this book's predecessor, the Pinkwaters have crafted a tale of friendship and caring, this time with a festive holiday touch. The narrative is peppered with speech bubbles that translate and transliterate Yetta's Yiddish and the parrots' Spanish phrases. The illustrations, in markers, brush pens, and pen and ink against a white background, are colorful and softly textured. A Hanukkah gift for readers and eaters. (Hebrew alphabet) (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews