And best of all, “they’re just the right size for cuddling in laps.” At the end, Little Girl tells her to “please, stay just as you are-a most wonderful cat” (and we see a dog thinking, “I wish I were a cat!” while also being hugged by the child). Cats, on the other hand, can see in the dark, climb up trees, and “go where they please” (as we see a house-confined dog looking mournfully out the doggie door). Little Girl tells her of the annoying things that dogs have to do do tricks, fetch sticks, and they’re always on leashes.
We meet a cat that wishes to be a dog, because he/she thinks that “dogs have all the fun!” Dogs get to go to the park, guard the house, and are “always the heroes in movies and books.”įortunately, this sorry little cat has a young girl as her life coach. While Angus and the Cat was presented from the perspective of a dog, The Cat Barked is presented from a cat’s point of view.
The Cat Barked by Lydia Monks is in a similar vein of “the grass is always greener” attitude. The physical book is a medium-sized rectangle (at least, the copies that we have are), which may make the book tricky to share with a large group. It’s definitely old-fashioned, but absolutely not dated. The illustrations, which are indicative of 1930s children’s picture books, alternate between color (blue, yellow, and black, with some additional colors in the family rooms) and pen and ink illustrations.
And wouldn’t you know….Angus misses it! As you can imagine, the cat comes back (he just couldn’t stay away). Angus looks everywhere, but he can’t find that silly cat. Until one day, the cat disappears after being chased. No matter what Angus does, he never manages to catch the beastly little cat. However, he’s never had his curiosity about cats trained out of him (thankfully, the leash is always too short for further investigations).Īpparently, the New Cat didn’t attend any such thing as “Kitty Kindergarten.” This cat lounges on the sofa (uh oh), boxes Angus’s ears (hey!), attempts to steal his food (what the?!), and even sits in his “own special square of sunshine.” Angus is a very well-behaved dog he knows he’s not supposed to steal food, jump after frogs, and generally do anything else ill-mannered dogs do on a regular basis. This cat is T-R-O-U-B-L-E with a capital T.
#HELLO KITTY JUMP AND SQUEAK SERIES#
Marjorie Flack created a series of charming picture books centered around a Scottish terrier named Angus in this “episode,” Angus has to deal with a newcomer to the family-a mischievous black and white (and some blue the primary colors in the colored illustrations are yellow and blue, while the opposing illustrations are black and white) cat. Marjorie Flack’s Angus and the Cat (first published in 1931) fits the bill quite nicely. While it’s always fun to showcase the latest and greatest in your collection, including oldies-but- goodies is a good way to reconnect parents/grandparents/childcare providers with childhood favorites or to introduce “neglected” picture books. The books that were not read were placed on display (if you don’t already do so, creating a temporary display in your program room/storytime area is an easy way to increase circulation, extend your storytime theme, and give parents and children something to do while they are waiting for the storytime to begin). There’s such a huge assortment of cat-themed picture books that I had difficulty in choosing which books to include in my storytime. It’s so disgustingly simple to create a cats storytime that I’m almost ashamed of myself.
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