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Animal lovers will laugh out loud at the quirkiness of their feline friends with these insightful and curious poems from the singular minds of funny cats. In this hilarious, bestselling book of tongue-in-cheek poetry.
The author of the internationally syndicated comic strip Sally Forth helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans. With titles like "Who Is That on Your Lap?," "This...
The author of the internationally syndicated comic strip Sally Forth helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans. With titles like "Who Is That on Your Lap?," "This...
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The inspiration for the iconic musical Cats, T. S. Eliot's classic and delightful collection of poetry about cats.
These lovable cat poems were written by T. S. Eliot for his godchildren and continue to delight children and adults alike. This collection is a curious and artful homage to felines young and old, merry, and fierce, small and unmistakably round. This is the ultimate gift for cat and poetry lovers.
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[2019]
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English
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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller I Could Pee on This: Poems by cats who just need a little "me time."
Have you ever been labeled as "antisocial" because you'd rather stay home on the couch, "shy" because you don't like big parties, or "lost in your own thoughts" because you don't realize someone's been calling your name 148 times? The cats understand. All Cats Are Introverts is a collection of self-reflective poetry from cats that...
4) Boris
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[2005]
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First edition.
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English
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The companionship of a big gray cat touches the lives of many in a simple collection of poetry about a cat named Boris and the special powers he possesses.
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[2020]
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English
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Jeoffry was a real cat who lived 250 years ago, confined to an asylum with Christopher Smart, one of the most visionary poets of the age. In exchange for love and companionship, Smart rewarded Jeoffry with the greatest tribute to a feline ever written.
Prize-winning biographer Oliver Soden combines meticulous research with passages of dazzling invention to recount the life of the cat praised as 'a mixture of gravity and waggery'. The narrative roams...
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Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat, who shows them some tricks and games. Helps build key sreading skills, with learning activities that introduce vocabulary, rhyming, reading comprehension and character identifation.
7) On cats
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Felines touched a vulnerable spot in the unfathomable soul of Charles Bukowski, the Dirty Old Man of American letters. On Cats brings together the acclaimed writer's reflections on the animals he so admired. Bukowski's cats are fierce and demanding -- he captures them stalking their prey, crawling across his typewritten pages; waking him up with claws across the face. But they are also affectionate and giving, sources of inspiration and gentle, insistent...
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[2016]
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"There's a new cat in town! This feisty sibling of the international bestseller I Could Pee on This will be making its own sensational mark in the cat-poetry world. I Could Pee on This, Too explores fresh feline emotions and philosophical musings through cats' own poetry, such as "Welcome New Cat," "Sleeping My Life Away," and "You Also Live Here." Any cat lover who's longed for a deeper look into the enigmatic world of their cats will fall whiskers...
12) Cats are cats
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1988.
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English
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A collection of thirty-six poems about all kinds of cats, from old grumbling cats to proud cats who sit tall, by poets including Eve Merriam, Jane Yolen, John Ciardi, and T. S. Eliot.
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1968.
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This book "is written in Haiku, an ancient form of Japanese poetry. . . . You can read a few of these verses--each three lines (5-7-5) totaling 17 syllables--to yourself or to your cat-loving friends or to your cat. They have their own form, their own quality, their own cat-understanding."--Publisher's note.
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