Frank and the Bad SurpriseReview posted March 21, 2025.
Levine Querido, 2022. 64 pages.
Review written December 13, 2022, from a library book.
Starred Review
This is a very beginning chapter book with seven short chapters and pictures on every page. It's told from the perspective of Frank, a cat who's happy with his life -- until his owners bring home a bad surprise -- a big box with a puppy inside.
Frank types them a letter:
To my dear humans:
We do not need the puppy. We were happy with life the way it was before. It is time to take the puppy back.
Sincerely,
Frank
But even though Frank puts the letter in an envelope and the envelope into the mailbox, his owners don't get rid of the puppy.
When the puppy proves he doesn't know the rules of naps (Do not disturb Frank!), Frank knows it's time to find a new home.
But that does not go as planned.
Here's Frank contemplating what he must do:
The humans would miss Frank. They would miss his plush fur.
They would miss his purrs.
They would miss the tricks he did with feathers on sticks and balls with bells.
But there was nothing to be done.
Yes the story is predictable -- all the better for beginning readers -- and it's lots of fun.
A note on the cover says "Book One," so I'm looking forward to more books about Frank and the puppy.