Best of
Cats

1962

A Cat in the Window


Derek Tangye - 1962
    From the first moment Derek, who was not until then a cat-lover, met a tiny bundle of fur with Jeannie, through to the pet's old age when he would still walk down to the stream to make 'Monty's Leap', this is a touching story of friendship between two people and their cat.

The Cat and Mrs. Cary


Doris Gates - 1962
    Cary takes in a talking cat and a convalescing nephew who help find a hidden treasure in the attic and appreciate her for the remarkable woman she is. Illustrated by Peggy Bacon.

Two Too Many


Nora S. Unwin - 1962
    The kittens think that their names are "Two" and "Too Many". They get befriended by a black house cat who's owner is a witch making strange preparations for Halloween. What a wild night it will be for two kittens.

No Funny Business (I Can Read)


Edith Thacher Hurd - 1962
    When Carl the cat is left at home while the family goes on a picnic, he goes to sleep and dreams that he is on the picnic and having all kinds of adventures.

The Ballad of the Pilgrim Cat


Leonard Wibberley - 1962
    In a moment of weakness, he once brought home a kitten for his daughter only to realize he was allergic to cats. He wrote this whimsically humorous Thanksgiving poem about a young pilgrim girl and the raffish cat she adopts after it stows away on the Mayflower with an inhaler by his typewriter and a curse on his lips.FREE audio book read by Leonard Wibberley available with purchase of the Kindle edition..