![]() “Yes, man, I love the kitchen to this day,” Brown, a veteran Gleaner photographer, said in an interview days before the pomp and circumstance of National Heroes Day during which he received the Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service. Cartoon Saturday -Black Heroes of the Wild West a.Having studied cooking while enrolled at Vauxhall High School in east Kingston, Rudolph Brown might well have become a chef.MMGM- Alone in the Woods and A Hopeful Heart.Cleo Porter, Heroes Level Up, and Tristan Strong.The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel (Mar.Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts.MMGM- A Thousand Questions, Blood and Germs.Spy School Revolution (Spy School #8) and Goodbye. ![]() Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant.MMGM- Flying Over Water and All Thirteen.The Last Mirror on the Left (Legendary Alston Boys.One Real American and Thurgood Marshall.Kingston and the Magician's Lost and Found.Cartoon Saturday- Measuring Up and Pet That Dog.What I really think: My emerging readers and graphic novel fans will love this one, so I am investigating the rest of the series as well. This had a strong Dog Man vibe and should appeal to readers who DO like cats and Graphic Novels! Weaknesses: Personally, I'm not a fan of cats or graphic novels, so I fear I don't do this one justice. This is a great book for elementary students if you can stand the resultant Cat Ninja role playing. The text size is big enough to read comfortably, and there is not too much narration it's a good balance, and the pictures support the story well. Even younger readers will realize that moving would mean that Cat Ninja would find it harder to fight crime. Leon and Marcie's family situation was my favorite part, with their parents sharing custody, and their mother wanting to move out of the city because of all of the threats. I enjoyed the brief back story about Cat Ninja, and Doctor Von Malice is a good villain for readers who aren't quite ready for villains who also have a good side. Strengths: This is a great story that straddles the Pilkey Line brilliantly and should appeal to elementary students as well as middle school ones, especially those who like super hero tales. When Claude has to fight a seasoned Cat Burglar, will he be able to keep the chidlren safe? Several other stories are available on the web site ( ), so it's possible that more will come out in print format. Master Hamster has a change of heart when the children are endangered. Adonis is also around when a giant robot menaces the city and Cat Ninja must save the day, and is weaponized by Doctor Von Malice in The Case of the Furry Roach. Claude goes with the humans to a ski resort when their father, who is divorced from their mother, tries to impress them by taking them on vacation and also buying a dog, Adonis, for them. This graphic novel is set up rather like one of the comic books my brother and I got as a treat on family vacations, with several short chapters with different adventures, with a bonus quiz at the end. The hamster and his Gerbil Gang are constantly trying to get Cat Ninja, but constantly fail. Squeaks), was created in a lab accident by Doctor Von Malice. Claude had been raised by a grandmotherly ninja before coming to live with them, and his nemesis, Master Hamster (whose domesticated name is Mr. Mild mannered house cat Claude has a secret identity as Cat Ninja that he must hide from his humans, Leon and Marcie.
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