I do have some reading ‘on the go’ but nothing finished so next month should be a good one. There’s been lots of movement on the ‘in house’ books here though…….some of them are destined for new homes…….
Including several from (but definitely not all of) my collection of ‘cat books’…..they’ll only be given to the op shop ‘when I go’ so I’m happy to rehome them ‘while I’m still here’
Most of them given as gifts – might have been something I said about our cats or cats in general – someone has remembered it and thought the gift would tickle my fancy.
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Purrsonalities : life with your cat – Bev Aisbett 1992
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Catmas Carols – Laurie Loughlin 1993
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Alphacats – Nicholas Brash 1989
This beautiful children’s picture book by Nicholas Brash is a fun and unusual way to teach children the letters of the alphabet. Australian locations are added to the cat’s names to make a rhyme
Douglas Hall’s CATS – 1988.
A small hard backed book describing various cat breeds. The text is by Jonathan Hall and the ‘humourous’ illustrations by Douglas Hall
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The Cat Dictionary – Peter Mandel 1994
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Cats in the sun – Leslie Ann Ivory…was a gift after I mentioned all the cats we saw in Greece….especially the ones at Ephesus
And here’s one I’ve never been able to get a copy of:-
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats – T. S. Elliot 1939.
Free download found here at fadedpage.com.
T. S. Eliot’s playful cat poems have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were first published in 1939. They were originally composed for his godchildren, with Eliot posing as Old Possum himself, and later inspired the legendary musical Cats
It’s no secret that cats (felis catus) are my pet of choice – any sort…..domesticated moggie or purebred….we’ve had them all – and whenever a new arrival has taken up residence the (often takes a while to appear) naming process begins…..although a little like the cartoon Ginger, Fluff and Marmalade were instantaneous
So I make no apology for giving you the first poem in this wonderful book…..
THE NAMING OF CATS
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey—
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter—
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular,
A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum—
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there’s still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover—
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS,
and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naming_of_Cats)
And here you can listen to the lilting voice of the author himself
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