CLIP Review: Feathers for Lunch Review

Author & Illustrator:  Lois Ehlert

This is a book that is never read once, for as soon as it is finished you will hear, "Read it again!" 

We have a very hungry cat on the loose, determined to make lunch of some birds. He's sneaking around the backyard and his adventure is an engaging and entertaining rhyme.

            "His food in a can is tame and mild,
             so he's gone out for something wild."

Will the cat be successful in his attempts at catching a bird?

            "But cats can't fly and they can't soar,
             and birds know what their wings are for."


At first glance it may appear to simply be a short quick read, but look closely and you will find some hidden treasures.  Each bird is identified, along with the plant or shrub upon which it is resting. All birds illustrated in the story are portrayed life sized and true in their coloring.

At the end of the book the reader is given the factual treat of "The lunch that got away." These four pages are filled with information on the twelve birds our poor cat couldn't catch.

Mary Byrne Kline