The cats in the doll shop

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Title:

The cats in the doll shop

Author:

McDonough, Yona Zeldis, author.

Maione, Heather Harms, illustrator.

Summary:

With World War I raging in Europe, eleven-year-old Anna is thrilled to learn that her cousin Tania is coming from Russia to stay with Anna's family on the lower East Side of New York, and although Tania is shy and withdrawn when she arrives, her love of cats helps her adjust to her new family.

Audience:

Ages 8-11.

Physical Description:

140 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Subject Term:

Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.

Cats -- Fiction.

Cousins -- Fiction.

Dolls -- Fiction.

Jews -- United States -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction.

Author(s):

Maione, Heather Harms,

Publisher:

Viking,

Publication Date:

2011

ISBN:

9780670012794

Publication Information:

New York : Viking, 2011.

Call Number:

J MCDONOU

Holds: Copies:

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Author Notes

Yona Zeldis McDonough is a longtime doll lover and collector. She is also an award-winning author who has published numerous books for children and adults. She presently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.
Heather Maione loved dolls when she was a child, though not quite as much as she loved to draw. The illustrator of numerous children's books, she lives on Long Island with her husband and two children.

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-5-This companion to The Doll Shop Downstairs (Viking, 2009) features Anna, now 11 years old. She's concerned about a mother cat and her three-legged kitten in need of a home. If only she could convince her father to change his mind about having pets in the shop. She is also worried about her cousin, a shy and skittish girl from Russia. While the doll that Anna makes for her seems to comfort Tania, there is still a lot of sadness in her cousin. Can Anna help her acclimate to her new life, or does the answer to Tania's happiness actually lie in the fate of the cat and kitten? This is a sweet and old-fashioned story, similar in style to Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family (Wilcox & Follett, 1951), set in World War I-era New York. Sensitive readers will relate to Anna's desire to make everything right for her cousin and, because the cat and kitten have a happy ending, the book is a fine choice for animal lovers as well.-Elizabeth Swistock, Jefferson Madison Regional Library, Charlottesville, VA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.