The Kittyfields and the Practical Joke
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The Kittyfields kept on fishing but they were not catching any fish. They didn’t want to give up though, because the kittens wanted fish for supper. Finally it was almost dark and Mrs. Kittyfield insisted that the family should go home. When they got home and turned on the lights, they saw that their food was all gone. The Kittyfields didn’t know what to do, and since they didn’t catch any fish that day, they just had a drink of water and went to bed hungry. It was a long, miserable night for the kittens.
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About the Book
Mr. and Mrs. Kittyfield and their four kittens—Tattywat, Olive, Bunson, and Sylvie—decide to go fishing on a beautiful spring day. While the family is enjoying their excursion at the river, their mischievous neighbors, Rattatapp and Rattitatt Raccoon, play a practical joke on the Kittyfields.
Rattatapp and Rattitatt take all of the food out of the family’s home. That night, the raccoons had fun sharing the food with all of their friends. But the Kittyfield six-some was very sad. They did not catch any fish to eat that day, and when they arrived home, their food was all gone. The kittens went to bed on empty stomachs and woke up hungry and crying in the morning.
The Kittyfields and the Practical Joke, a picture book for young children, shares the whimsical story of what happens to one cat family when two impish raccoons play a practical joke.
About the Author
John P. Nichols was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He lived in Cleveland, Oklahoma, until he was eight years old, at which time, he and his family moved to Mansfield, Missouri, to a dairy farm. The farm animals provided the inspiration for this book. Nichols is married and has two grown daughters and a granddaughter.