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Dear Stray

Kirsten Hubbard

Illustrator: Susan Gal

Ages: 5 & Under

Published: 2023

Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House

ISBN: 978-0-593-11000-3

Keywords: pet adoptions, animal shelters, children and cats, SEL

Diary entries reveal how a young girl and her adopted stray kitten learn to connect and trust each other. Animated, digitally assembled watercolor and ink illustrations.