Ruthie loves Superman.
Ruthie wants to be Superman.

And when Ruthie is asked to go spend the afternoon with her aunt, who is about to have a baby any day day now and may need some help., Ruthie seizes the opportunity. It could be her chance to be a hero, should the baby come while she's visiting! But when Ruthie is out fetching a snack for her aunt, she gets so distracted by a box full of kittens in the bodega that she doesn't hear her aunt calling for her, nor does she notice the policemen running to the apartment or the ambulance pulling to the curb. When she realizes what's happened, she's devastated -- she's missed her one chance to be a hero! Or has she?

Sonia Manzano, best known as "Maria" on Sesame Street, once again captures the warmth, love, and adventures of her childhood Bronx neighborhood.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 06/01/2007
ISBN: 9780689830891
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.23h x 10.17w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Booklist 05/01/2007 pg. 99
Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2007 pg. 504
Publishers Weekly 06/25/2007 pg. 58
School Library Journal 08/01/2007 pg. 84
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2007 pg. 311 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
People Weekly 12/24/2007 pg. 60

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 117308 / Box Full of Kittens
Reading Level: 3.3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5