Books like A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen

Two children, Betty and Dick, sit on a rainy day when the Cat in the Hat arrives and leads them through playful tricks and games, all set in rhythmic rhyme.

A playful retelling of the Cat in the Hat baking cupcakes, drawn from the movie version of Dr. Seuss’s classic, designed for young readers who love cats, cooking and rhyme.

A comedic take on Romeo and Juliet, set at an 80s block party in New York City.

Baby-Sitters Little Sister

Haiku Cats: A Book of Poetry and Cat Pictures

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Captain Tinker sends Jenny Linsky to boarding school, but a cat scares her into fleeing.

A collection of thirteen true stories that celebrate the extraordinary bravery and rescue feats of real animals.

Eight charming fairy‑tale stories where clever cats mingle with princesses, fiddlers, cobblers, and kings in whimsical adventures.

Two cats, Cilla and Betto, embark on an adventure to prove the old tales about a quiet garden where all cats are welcome and the humans are always kind.

Little Biggling: a village that had been taken over by The Ministry of Scientific Research during the Second World War ... and after the War the Ministry had stayed on, much to the annoyance of several of the residents. However, being annoyed was one thing, being murdered quite another. It seemed that one of the members of the Civil Service who billeted in the village had been a little too curious about everybody and everything in Little Biggling, and there was a terrible price to pay. Inspector Cam found that he wasn't getting much help in finding the person who had most to hide... Originally published in 1949, this was the first of three detective thrillers penned by Joan Cockin.

Julia Child's beloved cat and culinary journey in Paris and America's heartlands.

A young kitten's adventures mimic an adult cat's habits.

James Herriot, freshly graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College, finds himself in 1930s Yorkshire, navigating eccentric colleagues, farm animals, and a budding romance with farmer Helen in a world balancing tradition and change.

A young boy's passion for cats transforms his life into a magical adventure story inspired by folklore and art lessons with his teacher, Miss Gresham.

"Imagine a world in which words have colors and sounds have taste. Vladimir Nabokov described this neurological phenomenon in his autobiography. It helped inspire David Hockney's sets for the Metropolitan Opera. Arthur Rimbaud wrote a sonnet about it. Richard Feynman experienced it while formulating the quantum theory that won him a Nobel Prize.". "Sometimes described as a blending of perceptions, synesthesia occurs when one of the five senses is aroused, yet two respond. Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens is a fascinating exploration of this collision of sights, smells, sounds, and tastes and how it makes for an odd, yet extremely colorful, way of thinking.". "Journalist Patricia Duff draws from her own struggles and breakthroughs with synesthesia to help the reader better understand the condition. Along the way she introduces us to, among other topics, brilliant synesthetes from the past, the different varieties of synesthesia, the ongoing research devoted to it, and its frequent connections to the creative process. In addition, the book describes some of the major theories regarding synesthesia. This is a must-read for artists, writers, and creative thinkers, as well as science and health buffs, or anyone generally intrigued by the brain, the senses, and perception."--BOOK JACKET.

Yolanda Moscowitz is the heroine of this remarkable novel - a seventy-six year old retired school teacher who is suddenly crippled by a fall and finds herself recuperating in a Tel Aviv home for the aged. There she is surrounded by a rich carnival of characters: the uncaring head nurse ("Satana"), a harsh disciplinarian who is Yolanda's nemesis; Leon, the oily orderly who flirts with Yolanda, hints at the possibility of a sexual liaison, and connives to get her money; Adela, the masseuse who is more interested in Yolanda's property than her body; innocent Allegra, who performs menial tasks for Yolanda and whose girlish body is diseased from within; Kagan, the Russian-born, alcoholic artist whose legs have been crushed by a bus and who romances Yolanda with French poetry; and Wolfe, the religious widower who, through rotting teeth, begs Yolanda to marry him so that he may rid himself of the prurient erotic fantasies which torment him.

The Cat and the Human Imagination is a fascinating investigation of the changing cultural attitudes toward cats and the myriad ways they have been depicted in literature and art over time. Feline images have permeated civilization since the ancient Egyptians, and during this time the status of the cat has changed dramatically. The book examines the changing images - fertility goddess, agent of Satan, aristocrat, spirit of the home, bloodthirsty killer - and relates them to the contexts in which they arose. It also analyzes how human attitudes toward cats seem to have evolved in parallel with attitudes toward other animals, toward authority, and toward gender.

Midnight Louie returns to Las Vegas as a cat detective in Carole Nelson Douglas's cozy-noir series.

A lively anthology of cat tales— from Lillian and Cats' Paradise to the Black Cat and Schrodinger's Cat— offering adventures, legends, and unexpected twists for young readers.