In The Finding of Kitty Baloo, author Dicksie Moss has created a heart-warming tale in verse of a stray feline, separated from mother and sibling, who turns up at Holme Farm. There is farmer Jabez Crunk, his wife Martha and children Jacob and Lillah, who soon name her and adopt her as the farm cat.
Winter then spring, pass into summer and Kitty is growing up. During the cycle of the farming year there are delightful encounters with various farm animals - dogs, sheep, pigs and poultry - and a fearful one with a fox - and to top it all she wins first prize in the County Show Best Farm Pet competition. A few days later a farmer neighbour comes with a big box and an even bigger surprise...
This story has a charm and innocence which will appeal to young readers.
Winter then spring, pass into summer and Kitty is growing up. During the cycle of the farming year there are delightful encounters with various farm animals - dogs, sheep, pigs and poultry - and a fearful one with a fox - and to top it all she wins first prize in the County Show Best Farm Pet competition. A few days later a farmer neighbour comes with a big box and an even bigger surprise...
This story has a charm and innocence which will appeal to young readers.
