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Whittington (2005) (edit title/settings)

by Alan W. Armstrong (Author) (edit contributors)

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Whittington is a roughneck Tom who arrives one day at a barn full of rescued animals and asks for a place there. He spins for the animals—as well as for Ben and Abby, the kids whose grandfather does the rescuing—a yarn about his ancestor, the nameless cat who brought Dick Whittington to the... read more

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This enchanting story combines a variation on the legend of Dick Whittington's cat with the charming setting of a barnyard full of animals. Whittington is a tomcat looking for a new home and finds it in a barn full of animals owned by Bernie. Bernie's grandson Ben is struggling with dyslexia... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

This enchanting story combines a variation on the legend of Dick Whittington's cat with the charming setting of a barnyard full of animals. Whittington is a tomcat looking for a new home and finds it in a barn full of animals owned by Bernie. Bernie's grandson Ben is struggling with dyslexia and fears going to a special class or being held back a year. The animals decided that Whittington will tell the story of his ancestor after Ben's reading lessons with his sister Abby.

Ben's principal, noticing Ben's struggling, recommends Reading Recovery, which Ben reluctantly takes, and with work there and through the summer is able to stay with his grade.

In Whittington's story, Dick goes to London with help of Will Price in order to seek his fortune. There he starts work with the cloth merchant Fitzwarren and buys a cat from Sir Louis Green. When Dick and his cat go on a trading voyage to Tripoli, Dick trades his cat for riches as well as a rare herb Fitzwarren wanted. Years later, injured in a fight with a rat, the cat returns. Dick persues a romance with Sir Louis' granddaughter Mary, but she marries another. On another voyage, Will Price passes away and the cat is flung overboard. Dick returns to London with her two kittens and marries the now-widowed Mary. He inherits Fitzwarren's wealth.

In the barn, the Lady, the duck who runs the barn falls in love with a new drake named Gent, and is heartbroken when he and their children fly south for the winter. She mopes about until the other animals start writing her obituary, which shakes her back to her old self.

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SHE WAS THE UGLIEST duck he'd ever seen, purplish black with splotches of white on her wings, red wart skin around the neck, a pink bill.

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map of dick whittington's journeys
1. whittington meets the lady
2. the animals in the barn
3. bernie and how he got the horses
4. abby and ben meet the horses
5. the lady tells the barn about whittington
6. the animals tell whittionton about themselves
7. havey and the cat's surprise
8. the last day for baths
9. the lady asks whittington to tell his story
10. the man whittington named himself after
11. dick's dream
12. dick goes to london
13. dick arrives in london
14. dick is given a home
15. the boy goes to work for fitzwarren
16. ben's first reading lesson in the barn
17. blackie arrives
18. dicks meets his cat
19. out with the owls
20. spooker is sick
21. ben's reading
22. to africa on the unicron
23. the registered letter
24. ben's school principal visits the texaco
25. reading recovery
26. dick sees a beautiful girl in black
27. two newcomers join the barn
28. dick's cat returns
29. a hawk attacks the lady
30. ben goes to reading recovery meets miss o'brian
31. the cat's operation
32. dick meets will price again
33. wily the goat's surprise
34. marker raids the barn
36. dick decides on the dangerous voyage
37. ben's decision
38. a token for mary
39. gent arrives
40. a rescue
41. dick's cat is lost at sea
42. mary
43. ben's triumph
44. life in the barn continues
45. the last warm afternoon of autumn
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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Alan W. Armstrong (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. S. D. Schindler (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0375828648
Page Count: 208

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Best for the younger end of this. Easy to read, good history lesson.

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