Books for Cat Lovers Display

Everything Cat

By Marty Crisp

NorthWord Press, 2003. Informational. 63 p.

This fun informational book uses a question-and-answer format to present a variety of information about cats.

Cool Cat

By Nonny Hogrogian

Roaring Book Press, 2009. Picture Book

Cool Cat's neighborhood isn't so cool. It's barren and brown, littered with rusty cans and broken bottles. No problem. With an old paint box, a troop of helpful animals, and lots of imagination, Cool Cat turns the world around him into a Rousseau-style masterpiece. An enchanting story of resourcefulness and positive thinking.

Catwings

By Ursula LeGuin

Orchard Books, 1988. Intermediate. 39 p.

Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.

Cat Secrets

By Jef Czekaj

Blazer Bray, 2011. Picture Book

Important secrets about how best to live a cat's life will be revealed only to those who can prove that they are genuine cats.

The Cat who went to Heaven

By Elizabeth Coatsworth

Aladdin, 1930. Newbery. 88 p.

In ancient Japan a struggling artist is angered when his housekeeper brings home a tiny white cat he can barely afford to feed. As the artist and cat get to know each other, the artist comes to realize that cats are truly noble creatures.

Square Cat

By Elizabeth Schoonmaker

Aladdin, 2011. Picture Book

Eulah the cat is square and, while she longs to be round like other cats, her friends show her the benefits of the shape that she has.

Bad Kitty for President

By Nick Bruel

Roaring Brook Press, 2012. Intermediate.142 p.

Kitty decides to run for President of the Neighborhood Cat Association.

Kitten’s First Full Moon

By Kevin Henkes

Greenwillow Books, 2004. Caldecott. Picture Book

When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.

Socks

By Beverly Cleary

Marrow, 1973. Fiction. 156 p.

The happy home life of Socks, the cat, is disrupted by the addition of a new baby to the household.

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