Customer Reviews

My Nine Lives By Clio

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This book was a great find...It uses a unique perspective & unconventional narrator (Clio the Cat) to show how some of histories greatest achievements and inventions came about. For example...Clio helped her owners in Life #2 (China 1500 BC) develop a sundial! And...this journal answers the question that many have pondered...why the Mona Lisa is smiling!!!

A great find for teachers and parents!

I thought my students would enjoy this book more than they did. While the book provides brief glimpses of different periods in history much of it was lost on the children. They did not like the illustrations.

Yes, we all knew that cats are responsible for the development of civilization, and that we are all really just servants to the cats, true rulers of the earth.

I loved this book. The illustrations are wonderful, especially the "alphabet", as invented by Clio. And you don't even realize that you are being educated as you read!

My "cat" recently purchased this book as a gift for a young friend (to encourage him to read rather than chase her around)!

What better way to teach children tidbits about some of the accomplishments of other civilizations than to have the tale told by a cat! I thought that the idea was sweet, the stories were charming, the illustrations were beautiful and the entire presentation was entertaining, whether the reader is a child, adult friend/parent, or beloved pet!

My two children aged 9 and 11 love this book! It is entertaining, educational and simply beautiful to look at. It is a pleasure to find a childrens book that an adult can learn from, and enjoy. If you are looking for a higher level, witty and well written book, this would be an excellent choice.

My daughter adored this book when she was a precocious four year old. She found it in her school's library and kept it checked out for most of the school year, reading it over and over again.

I adored it, too, for its sly humor and the beauty of its drawings. It really deserves to have a broader audience than it has found. So glad to find it here on Amazon so that I can buy her a copy of her own.

This is the perfect book to read slowly with your child before bed at night in order to savor, discuss and explain all the details. So much care and work has gone into every page -- she would discover something new on every re-reading.

She also liked the book's silly ending! Highly recommended!

Found this treasure for a steal while shopping for my toddler niece's Christmas present.*

* Excellent rare addition for a cat lover's book collection;
* Beautiful illustrations;
* Thick, glossy pages;
* Neat concept - the book is supposedly a cat's account of its nine lives, dating back to 3000 B.C. and placing it in important events in history. My favorite "life" that I really cracked up over was how the cat was the major mover in the birth of jazz music in New Orleans (makes perfect sense actually!);
* As a children's book, it does not only teach a bit of world history, but also tidbits on time-telling, the alphabet, art, music, even astronomy. The entire book was in the cat's point of view but an appendix explains the historical facts behind the cat's "entries". It even has a disclaimer on some logical inconsistencies (used on purpose in the name of poetic license);
* Adults can very well learn a thing or two on some historical trivia.

As far as Christmas shopping goes , I decided that I'm the best recipient of this book. I bought my niece something else. ;)

* the paperback version

Although the illustrations were well-executed and fun, the writing was quite stilted. I kept thinking that the author was angling for a market. It didn't play to my children who are aged 7 and 11. They love cats and picture books, but found this story boring.