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Book

Fearless felines : 30 true tales of courageous cats

Call Number

  • J 636.8 HAMI (CEN, EAS, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Scholastic, 2019.

Physical Description

155 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Audience

Age 8-12.

Summary

Meet history's most fascinating felines! Travel across the world and throughout the centuries with these fur-raising tales of adventure. Discover the thrilling tales of 30 cats who became the heroes of their own stories. Meet Simon, the cat who became a war hero, or Félicette, the first cat to blast into space, and dozens more, all while expanding your knowledge with fun, cat-themed quizzes and facts.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Cats can be heroes too!
  • What happened when
  • Beerbohm, scene-stealing theater cat
  • Silly cat superstitions
  • Bob, a street cat gone Hollywood
  • How to tell if a cat loves you
  • Colin's, New Zealand stowaway
  • Cats ahoy!
  • Csalogány, beloved barnyard buddy
  • Dewey, the world's most famous library cat
  • Puss in books
  • Doorkins, the cathedral kitty who met a queen
  • Mystical felines
  • Faith, the church cat who inspired a nation
  • Do cats have a sixth sense?
  • Nine lives: cat survival stories
  • Félicette, out-of-this-world astro-cat
  • Humphrey, chief mouser of the British Isles
  • Mighty mousers!
  • Matilda, guest direct-fur at the Algonquin
  • Morris, America's first TV cat-lebrity
  • Feline entrepurr-neurs
  • Mourka, gravity-defying ballet star
  • Go, pussycat, go!
  • The cat from nose to tail
  • Mrs. Chippy, explorer cat aboard the Endurance
  • Cats on the move
  • Nora, CATcerto kitty
  • Lights, camera, catnip!
  • Oscar, the cuddly grim reaper
  • Spooky cats
  • Oscar, the bionic cat
  • Feline muses
  • Pitoutchi, the kitty who fooled the German army
  • Polar Bear, the cat who came for Christmas
  • 10 ways to help cats in need
  • Pyro, the flying cat of World War II
  • Room 8, legendary school mascot
  • Life-saving cats
  • Sam, the unsinkable cat
  • Battle cats!
  • Feline war heroes
  • Scarlett, courage under fire
  • Why are cats so weird?
  • Simon, British navy war hero
  • Record-breaking cats
  • Snowball, the cat who solved a murder
  • Socks, America's "First Cat"
  • Pussycats in posh places
  • Stubbs, Alaskan town mayor
  • Cats in charge!
  • When cats were gods
  • Tama, Japan's furriest stationmaster
  • Cat crazy in Japan
  • Towser, the world's deadliest distillery cat
  • Caution: cats at work
  • Trim, Aussie adventurer on the high seas
  • A cat-lover's guide to world travel
  • Trixie, Tower of London prisoner
  • The healing power of cats
  • Incredible (but true) cat facts
  • Fearless felines timeline.

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