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Title: A Purrfect Love
Author: D. K. Abbott
Narrator: Mary Toney
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-07-12
Publisher: Vinspire Publishing, LLC
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
So Wally begins a journey to discover the reason for his differences and hopes he can find something to make him purr. Instead, what he finds is the true meaning of love and acceptance.
Members Reviews:
WHY AM I DIFFERENT? IS IT BAD TO BE DIFFERENT?
There seems to be a universal fear, or at least a deep-seated worry among most children that they are somehow "different." It does not take much to set these anxieties loose; a word, a glance, a comment overheard here or there, a reflection in the mirror or even an active imagination. Most people, by the time they are adults have learned how to live with being different; some embrace it, others ignore and accept it and simply go on with life. This is sort of a natural state for human beings. (Of course there are those who can never accept this fact of being different and spend a lifetime fretting about it...but that is a story and a situation for a different place and time).
The thing is, children; small children, often have problems coping with their differences and need a little help from time to time from the world of we big people. Little books such as this are ideal for opening up a conversation with the little ones and go far in teaching them not only the fact that it is natural to be different, but that it is a good thing rather than something to worry, fuss and be sad about.
Wally, a very young kitten who lives with his mother and brothers and sisters in a small patch of woods near a farm notices right away that he is different. His brothers and sisters all look like his mom, orange and white, while he, Wally is black and white. This is a bit worrisome for the young cat but it is nothing like the anxiety he feels when he hears his litter mates purr and when he tries it himself all that comes out is a screech!
Despite his mother's reassurances, Wally continues to fret and fret and fret. His mother tells him that someday, when he is happy, he will naturally begin to purr. Wally asks his mother "But when will I happy?" At about this time our little cat notices that there are other animals on the farm so he goes in search of another critter that can possibly help him to learn to purr.
Cows, horses, pigs, chickens...animals, animals, animals...even butterflies! Ah, but no purr!
Kitten Wally does, to his credit; notices that each of the animals is different. Even the animals of the same kind are different from animals of their own kind and each makes his or her distinct sound. And thereby we receive the wonderful lesson this book teaches.
Wally learns that each individual is different and that it is okay to be different. He learns that each of is special in their own way. He learns that each individual can accept the differences of others, get along, and love one another.
Does Wally ever learn to purr? Well, as you know I never include spoilers in my reviews so you are simply going to have to read this one yourself to learn the answer! Sorry!
The text of this work uses words that most children will be familiar with yet the author has not "dumbed down" her syntax; something that drives me up a tree. The reader will find words stashed here and there such as "siblings," "clump," "precise," and so on that may be slightly unfamiliar but are used and placed in a context that the child will be able to understand their meaning quite well.
