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y Trumpet's Kittens single work picture book children's

Authors:agent Carolyn Polizzotto , Sarah Spinks .
Illustrator: Marion Duke

Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Trumpet's Kittens

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This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of Trumpet who, adopted by a neighbour when her family move house, seems to be getting fatter and fatter. Finally her new family realise that Trumpet is going to have kittens, and the arrival of Trombone, Clarinet, Piccolo and Cymbals is an event enjoyed by the whole family.

- Publisher's blurb.

Notes

This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.

Food depiction	Incidental
Food types	Everyday foods Everyday drinks
Food practices	n/a
Gender	n/a
Signage	n/a
Positive/negative value	n/a
Food as sense of place	Domestic
Setting	Domestic interior
Food as social cohesion	n/a
Food as cultural identity	n/a
Food as character identity	n/a
Food as language	n/a

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Untitled Jo Goodman , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 48 no. 1 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Trumpet's Kittens Carolyn Polizzotto , Sarah Spinks , 2001 single work picture book

Animal Farm Ruth Starke , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 259 2004; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Wolf's Sunday Dinner Tania Cox , 2003 single work picture book ; Too Many Pears! Jackie French , 2003 single work picture book ; Fiona the Pig Leigh Hobbs , 2004 single work picture book ; Trumpet's Kittens Carolyn Polizzotto , Sarah Spinks , 2001 single work picture book ; Baby Boomsticks Margaret Wild , 2003 single work picture book

Young Author Purrs Over First Book 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Claremont-Nedlands Post , 22 November 2003; (p. 81,84)
— Review of Trumpet's Kittens Carolyn Polizzotto , Sarah Spinks , 2001 single work picture book

[Review] Trumpet's Kittens Moira Robinson , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 18 no. 5 2003; (p. 28)
— Review of Trumpet's Kittens Carolyn Polizzotto , Sarah Spinks , 2001 single work picture book