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Cat Poems

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A wonderful, charming, and endearingly accurate tribute to cats. The poem "Stay, Little Stray" will tug at your heart, and "Tandy is Twenty" is so touching and bittersweet if you've been the "owner" of an aging pet. Cat lovers will be tickled by poems about their sleep habits, their attemtps to help make beds, and their propensity for knowing how to take over a good newspaper or book. The verse is lovely, lyrical, and wonderful to read aloud and the illustrations are packed with personality and charm. I highly recommend this book to cat lovers, animal lovers, and any parent looking for a sweet read aloud abut animals for a child.

The cats in these poems are all unique individuals, but they'll be familiar to any cat lover. We've all felt the tug of affection for a hungry stray. We've all been pleasantly trapped beneath a sleeping feline. And, if we're lucky enough, we've all looked back with tender nostalgia on the years we've spent with a beloved pet. This book of poems is perfect for cat fanciers of all ages.

You don't have to be a feline fancier (although it helps) to enjoy these lilting rhymes about the cats in our lives. From "Finicky Felicia" to "Trapped!" author Crawley perfectly captures the ways and whims of these lovable creatures, whether it's awakening you at the crack of dawn, climbing into your lap when you're trying to read, or finding total pleasure in a piece of string.

Illustrator Tamara Petrosino who shares her New Jersey home with a cat named Charlie, filled end papers with kitties of all stripes. Her colorful, humorous paintings capture cats at their best and worst. An illustration of "Cat Bath" is especially fetching. After all, "Don't ever try to wash a cat. It simply doesn't work. If you should put her in the tub, the cat will go berserk."

Cat lovers of all ages will find much to smile about in "Cat Poems."

- Gail Cooke

my cats enjoy hearing these poems being read to them.At least, I like to think so!

This book is wonderful and has very comical, yet true, poems about cats. If you are a cat lover, this is a must have.

Dave Crawley sure knows cats, and cat lovers will sure want to get to know this clever, humorous, and candid collection of cat poems. In his debut poetry collection, Crawley is right at home with his feline friends as well as well-written verse. Cat lovers everywhere will recognize distinctive cat personalities and situations, and "purrrfectly" written rhyme. Petrosino's playful illustrations add another delightful dimension to a must-have addition to cat-lover libraries everywhere. I can only hope that Crawley is hard at work on some 'doggie ditties' and look forward to seeing what he comes up with next!