Books About Cats You MUST Read

The Literary Cat published by Running Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1990. “Quips, Quotes, and Observations"

Ms. Miller’s Etiquette for Cats by Melissa Miller. A Penguin Book, 1995. Illustrations by Anna Currey. Written exclusively for cats, this helpful guide illuminates many of the finer points of cat decorum...

A Cat’s Little Instruction Book by Leigh W. Rutledge. A Dutton Book, published by Penguin Books, 1993. 201 warm and funny, and very wise pieces of advice, as overheard from a mother cat instructing her kittens.

A Cat by Leonard Michaels, Riverhead Books, New York, 1995. Illustrated by Frances Lerner. “A beautiful and brilliant ode to cats, as subtle and sly and often as funny as cats themselves.” - Alice Adams

French for Cats (All the French Your Cat Will Ever Need) written by Henri de la Barbe (Henry Beard), illustrations by Gary Zamchick. A John Boswell Associates Book, Villard Books, New York, 1991.

Advanced French for Cats (Sophisticated French for a Cat as Smart as Yours). written by Henri de la Barbe (Henry Beard), illustrations by Gary Zamchick. A John Boswell Associates Book, Villard Books, New York, 1992.

Why Do Cats Sulk? researched and written by Arline Bleeker. Globe Digests, published by Globe Communications Corp., Boca Raton, FL or New York, NY, 1996. “How do they Purr? Can they see in Color? Why does Catnip flip them out? and much more

Diary of a Cat by Leigh W. Rutledge. A Dutton Book, published by Penguin Books, 1995. “True Confessions and Lifelong Observations of a Well-Adjusted House Cat.

City Cats edited by J. C. Suarès. Collins Publishers San Francisco, 1994. A collections of black and white photographs showcasing cosmopolitan felines.

The Cat by Muriel Beadle, drawings by E. John Pfiffner. A Fireside Book published by Simon & Shuster, Inc., New York, 1977. “A Complete Authoritative Compendium of Information About Domestic Cats.”

Cat Love Letters by Leigh W. Rutledge, paintings by Robert Crawford. A Dutton Book, published by Penguin Books, 1994. “Collected Correspondence of Cats in Love.”

The Cat Lover’s Companion - Joan Moore, Colour Library Books Ltd., Godalming, Surrey England, 1992. Published in 1993 by Tormont Publications Inc., Montreal, Canada. “A book of cat days and cat ways”

Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul
- Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Marty Becker, D.V.M., Carol Kline, Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beach, Florida, 1998. “Stories About Pets as Teachers, Healers, Heroes and Friends

Taking Care of Your Cat (A Complete Guide to Your Cat’s Medical Care) by Sheldon L. Gerstenfeld, V.M.D. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1982. “Everything you need to keep your cat healthy and happy...”

Zen for Cats (from the author of French for Cats) - Henry Beard, illustrations by Ron Barrett, A John Boswell Associates Book, Villard Books, New York, 1997. Ponders such questions as "How could a cat get a humna's tongues" and 'If there were no inside, would you still want to go outside?"

The Cat Who Cried for Help by Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Author of The Dog Who Loved Too Much. Bantam Books, New York, 1997. "Attitudes, Emotions, and the Psychology of Cats".

James Herriot's Cat Stories with illustrations by Lesley Holmes. McClelland & Stewart Inc., Toronto, Ontario, 1994. "...a selection of the very best of James Herriot's stories about cats."

The Little CAT CARE Book by Elizabeth Martyn and David Taylor. Dorling Kindersley, Inc., New York, 1991. "Being a Tiny Treasury of Health, Behavior, Grooming, Feeding, & Pampering of those Felines in need of extra-special CAT CARE."

Kittens! A Helen Exley Giftbook written by Pam Brown, paintings by Maria Teresa Meloni. Exley, New York - Watford, UK, 1997. "One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home."




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Last updated on June 24, 1998