Books like Mr. Putter & Tabby Catch the Cold
By Cynthia Rylant
For the kid who loves checking in on cozy, familiar neighbors, this is a gentle visit to a friendship that shows up when someone's under the weather. Quiet, cozy, and warmly domestic.
An old man and his fine cat set out to bake a Christmas cake for their neighbor, turning an ordinary kitchen afternoon into a small, cozy adventure.
An old man with a grumbling tummy from twenty-one pineapple jelly rolls can't sleep, so he and his cat take a midnight stroll to look at the stars — and find they're not the only ones awake.
A visitor-hating bear puts up a no-visitors sign and orders a mouse out of his house, but the mouse keeps turning up in the most unexpected places anyway.
A little bear cub coughs HCK HCK! right at bedtime, and Mrs. Bear tries syrup, comfort, and quiet care to see him through the cold night.
A gentle dog in a circus family of daredevils and acrobats tries to be strong, graceful, and brave like the others — but none of it feels like her, and she wonders if she belongs at all.
A little beaver hears a sad voice across the pond and sets out to find the lonely stranger, not realizing the voice calling back is only his own echo.
A girl in a red knit cap and her forest friends find a hollow tree and turn it into a shared library, each animal adding its own gift to the spot.
A stubborn old man named Ezra keeps brushing off his neighbor Betty's worries about surviving freezing winter nights, until she uncovers his secret: five dogs piled up for warmth.
A beloved zoo lion, adored daily by townspeople who greet him with treats and kind words, finds his door open and sets out to politely return the visits — with unexpected results.
A lion wanders into the library one day, and since there aren't any rules against lions, he stays — quiet-footed, story-hour pillow, rule-follower — until an emergency forces him to break the one rule that matters.
A friendly zookeeper who's always on time oversleeps and misses his bus, putting a surprise he planned for his animal friends in jeopardy — so they set out to help him.
A zookeeper spends every day visiting his animal friends — racing the tortoise, sitting with the shy penguin, reading to the owl — until he wakes up too sick to come, and they decide to visit him instead.
