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Earth Tigerlets, as Explained by Professor Xargle: 9

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This is one of a series of books by Jeanne Willis about aliens and their quirky assumptions about how humans (earthlings) and human animals (cats) behave. My 3rd grade students get a big kick out of these books.

This book still makes me laugh out loud. I've never gotten an opinion from a child about this book but I have shared it with many adult "cat" friends and we are all in agreement: Great fun!

The UK/Australian version is called "Dr Xargle's Book of Earth Tiggers".

It is hysterical, and the illustrations terrific. The under-6 crowd perhaps don;t really "get it" - it requires the capacity to understand word jokes.

The picture of the mother spooning out "meatblob" (cat food) whilst wearing a handkerchief round her face is a killer! The look of dismay on the little girl's face as the "meatblob"lands on her ice cream is priceless. Perfect depiction of the gloop in tins produced for cats!

A lot of fun this book.

My then-7-year-old daughter received this book for Christmas last year, and even a year later it makes her laugh! As a family of cat owners, we found the book to be as accurate as it is funny. We highly recommend this and any other "Professor Xargle" book.