Name: Shelly Joyner, Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy executive director and daughter Eden Joyner, daughter, in Grade 3
Most recent shared book: Hunter by Eric Walters
What we loved about it: This story was about a junkyard cat colony with two rival leaders – Hunter a family tomcat wanting all the cats to work together and King who was greedy and self-serving.
Eden loved the book because the humans helped the cats move when the junkyard was being destroyed to make for a new “human den.” I enjoyed the book because Hunter and his friend the raccoon had great philosophical conversations about what they could learn from each other – dogs, rats, cats, birds, raccoons and humans. Hunter is a solid read aloud and conversation starter for boys and girls aged eight-12.
Favourite children’s books: Hairy Maclary: Scattercat by Lynley Dodd and The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child by Julia Donaldson