The Big Book of Cats (Hardcover)

This delightful book celebrates the feline with fun facts, fascinating anecdotes, charming and funny quotations, kitty verse, cats in history and literature, celluloid cats, cat superstitions--even surfing the pet net!
THE BIG BOOK OF CATS is perfect for curling up on the couch with you-know-who and reading kitty quips from the silly to the sublime:
, Paula Poundstone: The problem with
cats is that they get the exact same
look on their face whether they see
a moth or an ax murder.
, T. S. Eliot: When a Cat adopts you
there is nothing to be done about
it except to put up with it and wait
until the wind changes.
, Mary Bly: Dogs come when they're
called; cats take a message and get
back to you.
Don't know what to name the new kitten? Choose from the extensive lists of names for various types of cats:
, General, All-Purpose,
Undifferentiated Cats;
Or, Cats for All Seasons
, Adventurous and Exploratory Cats
, Artisticats
, Cinematicats
, Classicats and Mythicats
, Dinocats
, Literary Cats
, Medieval and Arthurian Cats
, Shakespearean Cats
, and even names that no
cat should ever have!
There are care tips and helpful hints, the evolution of the cat, cat tales, legends--simply everything
a cat fancier desires. With so much cat information in one place, cat lovers won't be able to put this book down!