Reviewed By Terri Schlichenmeyer
If you could have the perfect bedroom with any design in
exactly the way you wanted, how would you make your
room up? Would you get a different bed or maybe add
one for sleepovers? Or maybe you’d like a cool sofa and
a refrigerator stocked with juice and soda. Would you
hang things from the ceiling, paint the walls all sorts of
weird colors, or include lots of TVs with video games?
Perhaps you’d want to fill your room with great toys or
good books. Would you ever want to leave your perfect
bedroom?
When Jack the Cat creates the perfect living space, he has big reasons for making it just
right. In the new book The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend, illustrated by John Manders,
Jack also has reasons for wanting that space to be empty.
Jack the Cat is hungry, and he’s really craving an omelet. So he pounded and he nailed
and he sawed and he sneaked to build the Perfect Nest. He set the nest up in just the
right place, and he waits…
Soon, a chicken came along, and Jack smiled in the shadows. A small egg would make
a nice omelet. He’d be eating breakfast in two shakes of a feather!
But just as the chicken laid her egg, a duck came along and saw the Perfect Nest. She
shoved the chicken out of the way and laid a medium-sized egg. Ah! A medium-sized egg
would make a very nice omelet.
But before Jack could pick up the eggs, a goose came by and saw the Perfect Nest. She
pushed the duck aside and laid a great big goose egg. Wow! Three eggs would make
three omelets, thought Jack. His mouth began to water.
But then, the most awful thing happened. The chicken, the duck, and the goose began
fighting over the Perfect Nest, each exclaiming that the others had to GO!
Jack tried to get rid of them. He tried yelling and making a scene, but neither the chicken
nor the duck nor the goose would move an inch from the Perfect Nest. Finally, Jack
convinced the feathered ladies to move aside. The eggs were his! One omelet, coming
right up!
But instead of a nice big meal, Jack got something else he never expected.
Little kids and big ideas go hand-in-hand. Sometimes, though, schemes go awry which
can mean big tears. The Perfect Nest is the perfect way to show your kids that good
things can happen when nothing goes as planned.
For 3-to-8 year olds, author Catherine Friend’s light-as-a-feather story will make frowns
scarcer than hen’s teeth, and silly-goose giggles plentiful. Add in wildly funny and
colorfully detailed illustrations by John Manders, and your kids will be clucking over this
book for weeks. Adults won’t mind the sweet little ending, either, by the way.
Gather your chicks close. Tell them to flock together for a read-aloud of this really cute
picture book. The Perfect Nest is the perfect book to bring home to your nest today.
right. In the new book The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend, illustrated by John Manders,
Jack also has reasons for wanting that space to be empty.
Jack the Cat is hungry, and he’s really craving an omelet. So he pounded and he nailed
and he sawed and he sneaked to build the Perfect Nest. He set the nest up in just the
right place, and he waits…
Soon, a chicken came along, and Jack smiled in the shadows. A small egg would make
a nice omelet. He’d be eating breakfast in two shakes of a feather!
But just as the chicken laid her egg, a duck came along and saw the Perfect Nest. She
shoved the chicken out of the way and laid a medium-sized egg. Ah! A medium-sized egg
would make a very nice omelet.
But before Jack could pick up the eggs, a goose came by and saw the Perfect Nest. She
pushed the duck aside and laid a great big goose egg. Wow! Three eggs would make
three omelets, thought Jack. His mouth began to water.
But then, the most awful thing happened. The chicken, the duck, and the goose began
fighting over the Perfect Nest, each exclaiming that the others had to GO!
Jack tried to get rid of them. He tried yelling and making a scene, but neither the chicken
nor the duck nor the goose would move an inch from the Perfect Nest. Finally, Jack
convinced the feathered ladies to move aside. The eggs were his! One omelet, coming
right up!
But instead of a nice big meal, Jack got something else he never expected.
Little kids and big ideas go hand-in-hand. Sometimes, though, schemes go awry which
can mean big tears. The Perfect Nest is the perfect way to show your kids that good
things can happen when nothing goes as planned.
For 3-to-8 year olds, author Catherine Friend’s light-as-a-feather story will make frowns
scarcer than hen’s teeth, and silly-goose giggles plentiful. Add in wildly funny and
colorfully detailed illustrations by John Manders, and your kids will be clucking over this
book for weeks. Adults won’t mind the sweet little ending, either, by the way.
Gather your chicks close. Tell them to flock together for a read-aloud of this really cute
picture book. The Perfect Nest is the perfect book to bring home to your nest today.
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