A Cat Named Fat: And Other Purr-Fect Rhymes For Fun Times [Paperback]

Marie Gebel (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

These poems are funny, cute, cleaver and different. They teach love hope and kindness. The illustrations are bright and colorful. Children and parents will never stop smiling and never stop enjoying this book. No more cruel and scarey rhymes. www.mariegebel.com

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About the Author

Marie Gebel has been writing poems all her life. She loves books, nature, music and animals. She had two seeing eye dogs and currently has two dogs and three cats. She resides in New York. Marie has appeared on television and numerous radio programs.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 44 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (December 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1420871463
• ISBN-13: 978-1420871463
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,240,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars sure to make a child laugh and smile, October 3, 2007

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Heather Froeschl (Callaway, Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Cat Named Fat: And Other Purr-Fect Rhymes For Fun Times (Paperback)

Fed up with morbid nursery rhymes, Marie Gebel tickled her tongue with new poetry for the youngest of people and published it. "A Cat Named Fat" is a delightful book to read aloud to a child, complete with colorful artwork and memorable thoughts.

Kids love rhythm and rhyme yet new poetry for very young children is sometimes hard to come by. Marie Gebel offers such delights as A Cat Named Fat about a feline who grows into his name, and Jack and the Mirror in which young Jack plays and waves to his friend inside...a game almost all babies play. Her poems are based on things a young child knows about, like love, Santa Claus, birthdays, and butterflies, Mom, and the magical moon. These happy poems are sure to make a child laugh and smile. An early exposure to poetry may infect a child's life, for life, and such a chance is one we all must take.

Simple and sweet, this collection is one that will likely be read over and over again. Even the youngest of listeners will be enticed by the beat of the spoken words and the vivid illustrations. In time, adults will be listening to the same poems being read back to them by kids who have developed a love for verse...all thanks to "A Cat Named Fat" and Marie Gebel of course.