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Jennie: Learning to Be a Cat With Paul Gallico
In Paul Gallico's Jennie, becoming a cat leaves a boy with an unfamiliar body and a great deal to learn. His most useful guide is a stray.
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Books & ReadingCoralineās Black Cat: An Unusual Guide for a Frightening World
A closer look at the independent black cat in Coraline, his place in the book and the imagination…
Books & ReadingCatwings: Ursula K. Le Guinās Cats Take Flight
Meet the winged kittens of Catwings, a short illustrated series about leaving home and finding somewhere safe to…
Books & ReadingMillions of Cats: The Picture Book That Turns More Into a Problem
Wanda GĆ”g's 1928 picture book begins with a wish for one cat and grows into a fable about…
Books & ReadingPangur BƔn: The Medieval Poem About a Scholar and His Cat
An anonymous medieval scholar compares his work with his cat's hunting. Pangur BĆ”n still feels familiar because it…
Books & ReadingColette and Doris Lessing: Reading Beyond the Cat Stereotype
Explore La Chatte and On Cats through affection, observation and the different promises made by fiction and recollection.
Books & ReadingThe Cheshire Cat: An Older Saying, a New Character and an Uncertain Origin
The Cheshire Catās grin predates Wonderland. The manuscript and the novel show how Carroll transformed an expression into…
Books & ReadingPoeās The Black Cat: Guilt, Alcohol, and an Unreliable Confession
Poeās The Black Cat explained: the 1843 story, its unreliable narrator, guilt, alcohol, real cats and the films…
Books & ReadingThe Cat in Japanese Literature: From Soseki to Murakami
Cats in Japanese literature, from Sosekiās nameless narrator and Tanizakiās Lily to Murakamiās missing cats and quieter modern…
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