Thomas the Ship's Cat

Thomas the Ship's Cat

Story and pictures by Charlotte Baker

"Thomas Cat was a very satisfied cat, living with Miss Tansie who fed him blueberry muffins and cream puffs. He had no desire to go to sea, but Captain Crabbe, Miss Tansie's suitor of 20 years, needed a cat for his sailing ship to keep the rats away. As much as he disliked it, Thomas adapted to the ship and became its mascot. He saved the ship ... [a number of times]. ... When he got back to Miss Tansie there was a...
Circa: 1958
Condition: used
Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: David McKay Co.
Author: Charlotte Baker
Pages: 117  

How to Live with a Calculating Cat

How to Live with a Calculating Cat

Eric Gurney

Essandess Special Edition, 1967. Soft cover, 5-1/4 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall, 116 pages.

Some wear to cover, ink marks, 1/2 inch off bottom of spine. Book is clean and firmly bound.

Under 1 lb. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the home page. May be shipped Media (10 – 16 days) or Priority (3 – 4 days). For International shipping, please ask for cost quote.
Circa: 1967
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/4 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Essandess Special Edition
Author: Eric Gurney
Pages: 116  

Kathi and Hash San - Case of Measles

Kathi and Hash San - The Case of Measles

Jean Lewis

Illustrated by Muriel and Jim Collins

Kathi and Hash San, the Japanese cat, solve the case of who is attacking the little bird and blaming Measles the cat. An easy reading story.

Published by Rand McNally & Co., 1st printing, 1972. Hard pictorial cover, 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches, 62 pages. Ex-library, with pocket inside back cover. Edges are rubbed. Light pencil scribble on 3 pages. School name pencilled inside...
Circa: 1972
Condition: Used
Size: 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Rand McNally & Co.
Author: Jean Lewis
Edition: 1
Pages: 62
ISBN: 052882631X  

That Darn Cat - Disney

That Darn Cat

by The Gordons

from a Walt Disney movie

D. C. (short for Darn Cat) Randall is always in trouble. But this time it's really big. He's followed his nose to a salmon -- and it belongs to some bank robbers!

Scholastic, Inc., 1974. Soft cover, 5-1/4 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall, 62 pages.

Wear to corners and along spine. Cover picture has tracing impressions. Some reased corners.

First Class shipping.
Circa: 1974
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/4 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.
Author: The Gordons
Pages: 62
ISBN: 0590086138  

I Like Cats - easy-to-read

Dolch, Edward W. And Marguerite P. illustrated by Adams, Pauline

The First Reading Books are fun reading books that fill the need for easy-to-read stories for the primary grades. The interest appeal of these true stories will encourage independent reading at the very beginning level.

The stories are told almost entirely with the 95 Commonest Nouns and the easier 110 words of the Dolch Basic Sight Words. Beyond these simple lists, the books use about 1 new word per page.
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Circa: 1959
Condition: Used
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ inches - 9¾ inches Tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Garrard Publishing Co., Champagne, IL,
Author: Edward W. Dolch, Marguerite P. Dolch, ill. by Pauline Adams
Pages: 64  

It's Like This, Cat

Emily Neville, ill. by Emil Weiss

Going to a Broadway show, meeting a girl at Coney Island, hunting 'wildlife' at the Bronx Zoo, making friends with a burglar . . . it's all part of growing up in New York City. Dave Mitchell's first year of high school brings plenty of adventure - and a stray tomcat named Cat.

Grade 4 to 6.

Young Readers Press, 1971. Soft cover, 8vo - over 7¾ inches - 9¾ inches tall, 180 pages.

Cover is scuffed and creased, with wear to edges and corners....
Circa: 1971
Condition: Used
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ inches - 9¾ inches tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Young Readers Press
Author: Emily Neville, ill. by Emil Weiss
Pages: 180
ISBN: 0064400735  

Tom in the Mountains - Norwegian cat

Tom in the Mountains

Ingvald Svinsaas, translated from the Norwegian by Marianne Turner, ill. by Gunvor Edwards

Perry and Lisa decide to take their young cat Tom with them for the summer trip to the mountain farm. But when Mother becomes ill the family leaves the farm, and Tom is left behind. What will happen to the cat alone in the mountains?

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, 1964. Hard pictorial cover, no dust jacket, 5-1/2 inches wide by 8-1/2 inches tall, 108 pages.

Slight...
Circa: 1964
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/2 inches wide by 8-1/2 inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Company
Author: Ingvald Svinsaas, translated from Norwegian by Marianne Turner, ill. by Gunvor Edwards
Pages: 108  

Friends and Helpers - 1899

Friends and Helpers, 1899

Compiled by Sarah J. Eddy

The object of this book is to teach children to treat all living creatures with considerate kindness and to appreciate the services of man's helpers in the animal world -- from the preface.

The book includes stories about famous dogs, cats and other pets, including Owney the postal-dog, who traveled across the country with the mail. It has chapters on the care of pets, many stories and poems about animals, and...
Circa: 1899
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Ginn and Co.
Author: Sarah J. Eddy
Pages: 232  

vintage The Cat Who Went to Heaven Coatsworth

A scarce early edition (1946) of this vintage Elizabeth Coatsworth classic. Winner of the 1931 John Newbery Medal for distinguished American children's literature; which is not mentioned anywhere on this copy of the story.

Synopsis: Some people say that three-colored cats such as Good Fortune are lucky cats. Her owner, a poor artist [in...
Circa: 1946
Condition: Used
Size: 9.125 inches tall by 8 inches wide
Type: hardcover with jacket
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company
Author: Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane
Edition: 15
Pages: 57  

Halloween Cats

Halloween Cats

Jean Marzollo, Hans Wilhelm

The cats celebrate Halloween in this story for children.

Scholastic, Inc., 1992, first thus. Read With Me Cartwheel Books paperbacks. Soft cover, 8 inches square, c. 26 unnumbered pages.

Covers have some creases, edge and corner wear. Clean inside.

Under 1 lb. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the home page. May be shipped Media (10 – 16 days) or Priority (3 – 4 days). For International...
Circa: 1992
Condition: Used
Size: 8 inches square
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Author: Jean Marzollo, Hans Wilhelm
Pages: 26
ISBN: 0590460269  

The Tale of Tom Kitten - Beatrix Potter

Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit is expecting fine company for tea, so she washes and dresses her three kittens. Thomas kittten is naughty; what happens to his fine clothes, when his mother sends him, and his sisters, into the garden while she makes hot buttered toast?

Frederick Warne & Co. Published by the Penguin Group - Viking Penguin inc.; New York,...
Circa: 1989
Condition: Used
Size: 5½ inches tall by 4-1/8 inches wide
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: GB
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co.
Author: Beatrix Potter
Pages: 59
ISBN: 0723234922