1 comments about Cat Chats.

1. A charming little book for cat lovers! The unique illustrations add a special charm.

1 comments about Moggies: A Book for Owners of Non-Pedigree Cats.

1. Wether you have pure-bred cats or non-pedigree cats this is a great book. It has usefull information like general care, feeding, raising kittens, showing, health care, cat behaviour and lots of great pictures.

No comments about Mrs. Mary Malarky's Seven Cats.

1 comments about My Cat: How to Have a Happy, Healthy Pet.

1. There are sixteen chapters with colorful photos, snapshots and drawings of cats on each page. The expressions on the cats are priceless. Most of the photos depict either a cat alone or with a child.
   
   The index is on the last page, 48 and covers everything from cat grass, drowning (kittens can fall inside toilets), hissing, microchips, training on a leash to vaccinations.
   
   MY CAT: How to Have a Happy, Healthy Pet does not mention life expectancy, something my son was interested in learning about. Chapter 2 does break down how a cat should look before you bring it home and advises to have a vet look it over. This did not cover pet stores though. This should be done between 6-8 weeks. The domestic shorthair kitten will have a moist nose, bright eyes and shiny fur.
   
   MY CAT: How to Have a Happy, Healthy Pet is a great book, each chapter covers from 2-3 pages in an easy to read format for a child with accompanying photos and pictures to grasp the information. My son is nine, high functioning autism and loved learning about cats since he has an interest in a neighbor's cat.
   
   There is no age recommendation, but I would estimate from K-5th graders would gain insight into obtaining a cat or kitten. My son also wanted to know what other books were in this Pet Pals series, but it is nowhere to be found if they have books for other pets.

No comments about Heartfelt - I Love my Cat (Heartfelt).

1 comments about My new kitten.

1. The publisher talks about the 'story' in this book on the flyleaf, but in my opinion the story is not very important and is only there as a backdrop for pictures that show the arrival of a beautiful set of cuddly gray kittens.
   
   The book's approach to the birth, nursing, and the growth of the kittens is very gentle and sweet. When the little girl notices that her aunt's cat, Cleo, is fatter than usual, it is explained to her that there is "a whole litter of beautiful kittens inside her". The birth itself is addressed simply with a picture of a wet kitten being licked, and the text says that Cleo "pushed each one out of her body". The pictures and narrative then continues as the kittens are shown to nurse, open their eyes, wiggle/crawl, walk and play, etc. Until the day when the little girl can take her favorite home.
   
   Four Stars - [B-] Lots of big photo's in this book. While the publisher talks about about the 'delightful' story, the best use of this book in my opinion would be to introduce children to the birthing process/how kittens develop - eyes open, crawling, walking....
   
   The gentle approach to the topic and cheerful pictures make the book appropriate for the Toddler, Preschooler, and early elementary set. The Accelerated Reading/ATOS designation (1.9 -ninth month of 1st Grade) says that the book was written with beginning Second Graders in mind. No information is provided about the care of cats.
   
   Pam T~

No comments about The Cat Breed Handbook.

No comments about Cat drawings.

No comments about A Cat in My Lap.

No comments about Concerning cats: A book of poems by many authors; (Cameo series).