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The Good Luck Cat |
Author: Joy Harjo
Published: 2000-04-01 |
List price: $17.00
Our price: $11.56
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Distressing book
A cat shut in a car trunk and forgotten, a cat in a clothes dryer, a cat shot at by boys: these are not sweet scenarios to share with children. I found this to be a disturbing book full of careless violence to a living creature. While children's stories do not have to be filled with saccharine sugariness, they also do not need to contain uncaring episodes included for the purpose of telling a loosely constructed "story" detailing 9 ways for a cat to be killed. There are many good books available on children and their relationships with pets; this is not one of them.
 A very touching book
My son brought this home from his school library and was extremely touched by this book. He is quite a sensitive child and when it comes to anyone or anything getting hurt he feels it. I initially thought he didn't want the book but I misread his reaction. I thought he was upset and didn't like the book. But, he kept saying "Order it off the internet, daddy". The page where Woogie gets chased by the boys with the BB gun has to be the most heart-wrenching page, next to where he goes missing but eventually shows up. And HOPEFULLY becomes an indoor cat!! From an engine fan, tumble dryer and boys with BB guns poor Woogie uses up his nine lives but this cat has 10!
A great book for natives and the rest of us (like my family).
This book should be a part of every Indian kid's library
As a Native American father of a two-year old and a four-year old, I often struggle to find material that presents being Indian as normal for my kids. Too often, books send the message that Indians are not normal and the things we do and wear are not normal. So I search hard for books that are culturally relevant and well-written. Our favorite (my partner is Native, too) is Joy Harjo's The Good Luck Cat, which just makes Indian kids and Indian practices normal for once without even having to center it, as so many other kids' books about Indians do.
I am a professor of Indian Studies and my partner is a Native American education professional who specializes in Native lit. We are both Yale graduates with advanced degrees. I feel awkward putting that out there, but I say it only so you understand that we are highly selective and critical, and that our endorsement of this as among the very best children's book available for Indian kids is meaningful.
We are very invested in promoting education and reading in our communities, and we think this book should be a part of every Indian kid's library. This is culturally relevant reading that Indian kids can connect with and Indian parents can feel good about. Kids of other backgrounds need to have this book in their collections, too, because they, too, need to understand that being an Indian kid is normal. And Harjo is a great author, so your kid will enjoy the story.
beautiful, simple reading experience with my child
Joy Harjo tells this story in a simply beautiful way. Wrapped in this cover are emotions and experiences that my daughter and I can joyfully follow together. I'm always glad when my child selects this as one of her bedtime stories.
Excellent picture book
This story is a touching tale of pet ownership. The unnamed narrator shares her love for Woogie (the cat) with the reader, and expresses (in both words and pictures) a very real relationship between a child and a pet.This story is sweet without being saccharine; emotional without being overly sentimental. Harjo's gift for poetry shows in the simple but expressive text ("My dad watched Woogie's seventh life fly by him as she ran after it"), and the warm paintings show the cat's expressions in a very real way.
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