Fearless felines : 30 true tales of courageous cats

Author

Kimberlie Hamilton

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.