Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Readers rate it 4.2 (8 on Hardcover)
32 pages · Released 2006 · Harper Collins
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This is a gentle, award-winning historical fiction picture book by a trusted children's author that uses a World War II setting to explore themes of friendship, resilience, and connection across generations. The story is told through a grandmother's diary and focuses on a child's perspective during wartime, centering on her bond with her cat rather than combat. While the historical context involves war, the narrative treats it with age-appropriate sensitivity and emphasizes human warmth and kindness.
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When Boowie reads the diary that his grandmother sends him, he learns of her childhood in World War II England when American and British soldiers practiced for D-Day's invasion in the area of her home, and about her beloved cat, Adolphus Tip, and the cat's namesake. When Boowie reads the diary that his grandmother sends him, he learns of her childhood in World War II England when American and British soldiers practiced for D-Day's invasion in the area of her home, and about her beloved cat, Adolphus Tip, and the cat's namesake.
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- Diaries
- Juvenile fiction
- Grandmothers
- Fiction
- Cats
- World War, 1939-1945
- Friendship
- World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
- Cats, fiction
- World war, 1939-1945, fiction
- Diaries, fiction
- Children's fiction
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ISBN 9780007182466 · Harper Collins