Sunday, August 2, 2009

Horatio (1968)


Horatio

Eleanor Clymer, il. Robert Quackenbush

1968, Atheneum


Mrs. Casey was very kind. Too kind. She was kind to everybody, even strangers. One rainy day she took in a stray puppy. He was cold and hungry, and she gave him some bread and milk and rubbed him with a towel.

But what did she do then? Did she open the door and send him on his way? No, indeed. She let him stay.

"We'll call him Sam," she said. "He'll be company for you, Horatio."

Horatio didn't want company.


The little story in this early reader book is very good, but the illustrations are superlative. A cranky orange cat, annoyed at his kind-hearted owner for taking in other pets, becomes lost and finds himself playing nurse to a pair of alley kittens.



About the Author

1906-2001

Born in New York City, she attended Barnard and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1928. She wrote nearly 60 books.


Other books - Horatio series

Leave Horatio Alone

Horatio's Birthday

Horatio Goes To The Country

Horatio Solves A Mystery


Other books

The Trolley Car Family

Sociable Toby

My Brother Stevie

The Tiny Little House

Hamburgers And Ice Cream For Dessert

Harry The Wild West Horse


Links/Sources

de Grummond collection


About the Illustrator

Website


2 comments:

  1. I loved this book so much when I was a child. I read it over and over and 40 years later, I still love it...and Horatio. =^^=

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  2. I loved this book so much when I was a child. I read it over and over and 40 years later, I still love it...and Horatio. =^^=

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