Wednesday is Spaghetti Day

Maryann Cocca-Leffler. Scholastic, $2.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-590-42895-8

When the family departs, their freewheeling feline becomes the hostess with the mostest in this zany, food- and fun-filled bacchanal. Ages 3-7. (Dec.)

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