{"id":36,"date":"2013-11-11T13:10:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T13:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=36"},"modified":"2019-01-07T15:24:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:24:26","slug":"mr-putter-tabby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=36","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Putter &#038; Tabby series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0711.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-39\" alt=\"IMG_0711\" src=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0711-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0711-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0711-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0711-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby book I picked up was <em>Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby Pick the Pears<\/em>.\u00a0 I loved it.\u00a0 The relationships between Mr. Putter, his fine cat Tabby, their outgoing neighbor Ms. Teaberry, and her good dog Zeke are the heart of the series and the the soft, bittersweet tone and pictures grabbed me immediately.\u00a0 Much to my delight, my boys loved it too.\u00a0 So we&#8217;ve slowly been adding to our Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby collection.\u00a0 Like any series, we&#8217;ve connected with some of the books more than others.\u00a0 But we&#8217;ve read most of the following over and over again (sometimes we&#8217;ll read the whole book at a go, other times we&#8217;ll read a chapter before bed for several nights running).\u00a0 We also have several others in the series on our wishlist for &#8220;someday.&#8221;\u00a0 Here is our current collection in the order the books were published:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1994 <i>Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby Pour the Tea <\/i>(a great place to begin&#8211;the origin story of Mr. Putter and Tabby&#8217;s friendship)<\/li>\n<li>1994 <i>Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby Walk the Dog <\/i>(introduces Ms. Teaberry and her chaos-causing dog Zeke&#8211;the boys love Zeke)<\/li>\n<li>1994 <i>Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby Bake the Cake <\/i>(a nice Christmas story that we just take out for a short time each year)<\/li>\n<li>1995 <i>Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby Pick the Pears <\/i>(as mentioned above, my personal favorite)<\/li>\n<li>1997 <i>Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby Fly the Plane <\/i>(a particularly bittersweet entry)<\/li>\n<li>1997 <i>Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby Row the Boat <\/i>(great for a hot day)<\/li>\n<li>2000 <i>Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby Paint the Porch <\/i>(the illustrations here are priceless)<\/li>\n<li>2001 <i>Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby Feed the Fish <\/i>(Tabby&#8217;s &#8220;fish problem&#8221; is presented with both sympathy and humor)<\/li>\n<li>2003 <i>Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby Stir the Soup <\/i>(Zeke gets lots of giggles here)<\/li>\n<li>2008 <i>Mr. Putter &amp; Tabby Run the Race <\/i>(the boys are in complete agreement with Mr. Putter&#8217;s motivation for running the race&#8211;a second-place prize of a model train set)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Author:\u00a0 Cynthia Rylant<br \/>\nIllustrator:\u00a0 Arthur Howard<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; 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