A Box Full of Kittens

by Sonia Manzano

Book Overview

Ruthie loves Superman.
Ruthie wants to be Superman.

And when Ruthie is asked to go spend the afternoon with her aunt, who is about to have a baby any day day now and may need some help., Ruthie seizes the opportunity. It could be her chance to be a hero, should the baby come while she's visiting! But when Ruthie is out fetching a snack for her aunt, she gets so distracted by a box full of kittens in the bodega that she doesn't hear...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689830890
• ISBN13: 9780689830891
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Fun, realistic story of a Bronx child who longs to be a heroine.

Ages 3-7 will relish this story of one Ruthie, who loves Superman and wants to be him - and who decides her desire to help her pregnant aunt will led her to become a hero. Thwarted in her efforts by an appealing box of kittens, Ruthie finds herself facing some hard facts about her real desires in this fun, realistic story of a Bronx child who longs to be a heroine.