My favorite holiday title is:  Snakes Don't Miss Their Mothers

I am: M.E. Kerr, children and YA author. 

This book is my favorite because: "It's based on my tradition of picking up Christmas cats from an animal shelter several years in a row. The book takes place at Christmas in an animal shelter called Critters, where amidst the cats and dogs there is a snake named Marshall. All are longing for homes."

My favorite holiday tradition is: "Many of the animals I have came from ARF, our local animal rescuse fund.  Five of them are Christmas cats, because every year near the 25th of December I'd drive over and find another to adopt.  I always hated leaving the others behind.  This inspired my latest book called Snakes Don't Miss Their Mothers. A Happy Holiday Season to Everyone and wishes for Peace Soon!"
 

• Author: M. E. Kerr
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers 
• Ages: 3rd Grade to 7th Grade
  
  Publisher Marketing: Christmas is coming, and Marshall, a black-and-yellow king snake who likes big words and live rats, and Irving, a twelve-year-old part-German shorthaired pointer, are still accidental residents at Critters, an animal shelter in the Hamptons. Even word of Placido's umpteenth adoption doesn't cheer them up. The large, one-eyed Siamese usually "goes out" for only twenty-four hours before his new owners decide he should "come back." Still, this time might be different. Sam Twilight and his daughter, Jimmie, are former circus performers and just might be clever enough to deal with a cat who has very bad habits. As the holidays arrive, all sorts of surprises are in store for the creatures at Critters. With her own special brand of humor and compassion, the inimitable M. E. Kerr ex-plores a small corner of the world where the lives of humans and animals intertwine daily, often bringing new hope to all. 
   

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