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TJ and the Cats

by (author) Hazel Hutchins

Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Initial publish date
Sep 2002
Category
Cats, Humorous Stories, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Recommended Age
9 to 12
Recommended Grade
4 to 7
Recommended Reading age
9 to 12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551432052
    Publish Date
    Sep 2002
    List Price
    $7.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554697601
    Publish Date
    Sep 2002
    List Price
    $6.99

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Description

TJ may not like cats, but that doesn't stop a taxi from showing up at his door bearing his grandmother's four felines. Killer, Cleo, Kink and Maximillian the Emperor—Max for short—invade TJ's life and replace dinosaurs as the topic for his school project. His friend and partner for the project, Seymour, is deeply disappointed; the cats in his drawings all come out looking prehistoric. The animals' presence in TJ's house leads to a series of adventures, one involving the police and another involving a mass escape.

About the author

 

Hazel Hutckins est l'auteure de plus de 30 livres pour enfants, y compris l'album illustré primé Mattland, une œuvre qui est aussi illustrée par Duan Petricic. Hazel vit à Canmore, en Alberta.

 

After many years of juggling writing, raising her children, and making a home with her now deceased husband, Hazel spends her days writing full time. Winner of Writer's Guild of Alberta Award for Children's Literature, she has written children's short fiction for Chirp, Chickadee, and Cricket.
When answering where the inspiration for A Second is a Hiccup came from, Hazel comments, "I decided to see if I could find other ways to describe time. When the writing began to flow in poetic form - and when I came up with the engaging title line A Second is a Hiccup - I knew I had begun a labor of love. The book went through many incarnations....in one version I actually brought in centuries and eons! Good grief! But it finally returned to exactly what it should be...immediate, simple and close-to-home. It is my sincere hope that children of all types will enjoy finding and celebrating, among the pages, the many ways they spend their time."

Hazel Hutchins' profile page

Awards

  • Nominated, Young Readers' Choice Book Awards of British Columbia (YRCABC) Red Cedar Book Awards
  • Winner, Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards - Shining Willow
  • Nominated, Forest of Reading Silver Birch Fiction Award
  • Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Our Choice
  • Short-listed, Tiny Torgi Literary Awards for Books in Alternative Formats
  • Commended, Resource Links, The Year's Best Books
  • Commended, Canadian Toy Testing Council (CTTC) Great Books

Excerpt: TJ and the Cats (by (author) Hazel Hutchins)

My name is T.J. Barnes and I don't like cats. I don't like the way they stare. I don't like the way they slink. I don't like the way they race under your feet without warning and wash their behinds in public. Cats give me the creeps.

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