Trim Helps Out

One small kitten learns about the great big world as he sets sail with his fellow shipmates, animal and human, in this historical fiction intermediate reader.
  • ISBN: 9781682632918
  • Publication date: 10/24/2023
  • Page Count: 48
  • Size: 6" x 9"
  • Age Range: 7-10
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  • Publication date: 07/23/2024
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One small kitten learns about the great big world as he sets sail with his fellow shipmates, animal and human, in this historical fiction intermediate reader.

Trim is eager to do a good job on his first day as ship’s cat—but what is his job? All around him, members of the crew are busy with their responsibilities—too busy to notice a small kitten looking for an opportunity to contribute. Jack the parrot directs Trim to the hold, to patrol for rats. But Jack neglects to tell Trim exactly what a rat is. Surely Princess Bea, the new friend he meets below deck, isn’t a rat. She doesn’t resemble the creepy, scary-looking creature that Jack warned Trim about and she’s happy to have an assistant to fetch her biscuits from the galley.

Author/Illustrator

Deborah Hopkinson

Author

Deborah Hopkinson is the award-winning author of numerous critically acclaimed picture and chapter books, including Keep On!; Sweet Land of Liberty; Under the Quilt of Night; and Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924.

Kristy Caldwell

Illustrator

Kristy Caldwell received an MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts.

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Reviews

“Color-and-line illustrations are as lively and engaging as the narrative, which boasts enjoyable action and suspense.”—Kirkus Reviews 

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BISAC 1: JUV044000 Juvenile Fiction – Readers – Intermediate
BISAC 2: JUV041020 Juvenile Fiction – Transportation – Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft
BISAC 3: JUV002050 Juvenile Fiction – Animals – Cats