Jevy Lenderman's Book Share

The Perfect Nest is a hilarious picture book written by Catherine Friend and illustrated by John Manders. This is a great story for children in kindergarten through third grade. The story is about a hungry cat who tries to create the perfect nest to lure a chicken to lay the perfect egg for an omelet that he wants to make. He is very successful as his plan begins to work. Many birds are lured to this nest first a chicken, then a duck, and then a goose. Each animal has a different accent like Spanish, French, and a Southern/country accent. The kids love to hear their teacher with these accents, they will crack up laughing! As each bird lays its egg, the cat realizes they won’t leave. He tries many different ways to get them to leave by telling them there’s a flood, a fire, a wolf, but nothing works. Finally, he tells them there is a wonderful empty nest at the next farm and all of them run off to find the nest. Before the cat knows it the eggs are hatching and out come little babies. He is the first animal they see, so they run to him thinking that he is their mama. Of course now he can’t eat them and he certainly can’t have his omelet. The cat ends up snuggling with the babies in the nest and realizes the nest he made is pretty perfect after all.