The cats in the doll shop
By: by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Heather Maione
Contributors: Maione, Heather Harms, illustrator
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780142421987
Subjects: Jews; Cousins; Juvenile fiction; Immigrants; Fiction; Cats; Dolls; History
Description: With World War I raging in Europe, eleven-year-old Anna is thrilled to learn that her cousin Tania is coming from Russia to stay with Anna's family on the lower East Side of New York, and although Tania is shy and withdrawn when she arrives, her love of cats helps her adjust to her new family.
Notes: "First published in the United States of America by Viking, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2011"--Title page verso.

Includes the excerpt of author's The doll shop downstairs.

Ages 8-11.