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Joseph and Chico

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Joseph and Chico

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Available February 25, 2008

Illustrated by Donata Dal Molin Casagrande

In this beautifully illustrated book for children, Chico the cat describes the life of his "best friend", Pope Benedict, in this authorised biography of the Pope for young people approved by the Vatican.

"Dear Children, here you will find a biography that is different than others because it is told by a cat and it is not every day a cat can consider the Holy Father his friend and sit down to write his life story," the Pope's personal secretary, Monsignor Georg Ganswein, says in the foreword.
The Pope is known for his fondness of animals, especially cats, and Joseph and Chico is narrated by Chico, a real cat who took up with the Pope in his native Germany long before he became the Pope. Chico tells the story of the life of "my best friend" from his birth in Germany in 1927, through his days as a young man, priest, bishop and cardinal.

With a colorful and sometimes amusing language, the author makes this funny cat tell us about the life of the young Joseph all the way up to his election as Pontiff on April 19, 2005. It recounts the Nazi era in Germany when the Pope was a teenager, calling the war years "one of the most dramatic and shameful times in the history of man". Later when he became Cardinal Ratzinger, Chico recounts how each time when the Cardinal returned to Germany from Rome for a vacation, the cat would run into his house and sit on his lap as he played the piano.
The lavish color illustrations throughout make this a wonderful gift book and a cherished keepsake.


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9781586172527
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2008

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This item received 3 stars overall. Unique idea, beautiful imagery, but doesn't always measure up

Everyone loves a cute little kitten (despite their objections to the contrary).  So who better to tell the life story of Joseph Ratzginer (i.e. Pope Benedict XVI) than a tabby cat who knows him personally?  Nobody--in theory.  In Joseph and Chico - A Cat Tells the Life of Pope Benedict XVI, author Jeanne Perego writes the Pope's tale through the eyes of Chico the cat, but it doesn't always measure up:
 
I bought the book for my son when he was five.  We read it once, and he never asked to read it again--that is not exactly a rave review, but personal preferences differ greatly.  When his little sister (now three years old, and his complete opposite) found the book on the shelf and sweetly asked to read the "kitty book", I thought I had found the right audience to hear Chico's tail...err...tale.
 
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