Dear Tabby: 9Feline Advice on Love, Life, and the Pursuit of Mice [Hardcover]

Leigh W. Rutledge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1995

In love with the neighborhood dog? Have a kitten who won't leave home? Tired of humans who just don't understand you? "Dear Tabby," that paragon of common sense and self-confidence, is here to help, dispensing advice on everything from litter box protocol to keeping a wandering tom at home. A delightful demonstration that kitty always knows best.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Adult; 1St Edition edition (February 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 052593944X
• ISBN-13: 978-0525939443
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,207,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Laugh-Out-Loud All Around Good Book, March 13, 2005

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This review is from: Dear Tabby: 9Feline Advice on Love, Life, and the Pursuit of Mice (Hardcover)

I acually have a pretty interesting story about how I came across the book "Dear Tabby". It was a few years ago, and me and my friend Tabby were at the library. Tabby's real name is Tabitha, but everyone calls her Tabby. So me and Tabby were on the web cat catolog (how you search for books in the library on the computer) and Tabby decided we should both type in our names, and see if there were any books with our names in the titles. So Tabby typed in her name, and to our suprise, the book title "Dear Tabby" came up, and it turned out the book was in our library. So of course we found it, and Tabby and I absolutley fell in love with this hilarious, witty, and creative book. So, each and every day we came to the library, we checked it out and read it. We shared some of the funny letters to our friends, and they were totally cracking up too. Tabby and I read it together at least three times, memorizing it. The creativity of Leigh Rutledge is outstanding! Each letter tells about real issues that cats have, and it's interesting for cat owners to think, "Does my cat feel this way?" And some of Tabby responses even relate to overcoming troubles we as humans might have. Though Tabby and I haven't read "Dear Tabby" in a long time, we still remember it, and still laugh about it. We laughed so hard back in the library, the librarian shushed us a few times. "Dear Tabby" will make everyone laugh, and it is an awesome book both Tabby and I won't forget in a hurry.

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun and witty treat for any cat lover!, May 2, 2004

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Monika "equestrienne_23" (Davis, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dear Tabby: 9Feline Advice on Love, Life, and the Pursuit of Mice (Hardcover)

"Dear Tabby" is a delightful collection of letters written to a fictional feline advice columnist. The "readers" ask about everything from romance, to the raising of kittens, to dealing with humans, and even the meaning of life. Occasionally a human or even a dog will write in with a question. Tabby's witty replies are sure to make you smile. Some of the advice can even be applied to our own human lives. The questions and responses are best read in order, as sometimes (just as with real advice columns) a letter refers to a previous letter from another reader. This is a very fun little book that would make a great present for yourself or a cat-loving friend. Here's a small sampling of what you can expect:

"Dear Tabby,

The humans I live with refuse to keep my litter boxes clean. Every time I try to use them, they're a mess. They certainly don't expect ME to clean them, do they?

- Exasperated in Exeter"

"Dear Exasperated,

You could try scratching the words CLEAN ME in the litter - but you'd just wind up on CNN or in a circus. And you'd probably still have dirty litter boxes. Difficult as it is, just stop using them for a while. Find creative places around the house to use instead. (Underwear drawers often seem made for this very thing.) Your careless humans should get the hint VERY quickly." (pg. 54)

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"Dear Tabby,

How many cats would it take, lined up tail to nose, to reach from here to the moon? I don't know why I keep thinking about this question, but I'm trying to get an idea of just how far away places like the moon really are. Thanks.

- Staggered by the Immensity of It All."

"Dear Staggered,

Assuming a distance from the earth to the moon of approximately 235,000 miles, and assuming the average cat is roughly 26 inches in length from the tip of its nose to the end of its tail, it would take nearly 572,692,000 cats laid end to end to reach the moon. It would, of course, take about 300 million more of them if they were all Manxes." (pg. 30)