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Reviewed on June 1, 2023 | Picture Books
Gr 2–4—Tribeca is a calico cat fostered by an unnamed woman in New York City. She shares her name with a Lower Manhattan neighborhood, but also has only three legs, hence the "tri" in her name. Tribeca imagines other animals laughing at her and worries that after her foster period her family, a Black man and a white woman, will kick her out. The family also owns a three-legged dog. Tribeca is a wordy narrator. She is also fond of cat puns: "catastrophe," "purrfect," and "think paw-sitive." Other...Log In or Sign Up to Read More