Theme: cat

The Return of the Killer Cat

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

When Ellie tells Tuffy the family is leaving for the week, Tuffy couldn’t be more thrilled. A whole blissful week of rolling around in the flower bed and lounging on top of the TV? Tuffy can’t wait! But the cat sitter the family procures doesn’t understand Tuffy’s refined feline palate, and Little Miss Soppy next [...]

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Let’s Play!

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

It gets toddlers excited while, at the same time, shows them how three friends can play nicely together.

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The Shadow World

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Ben Arnold had hoped that exposing Mr. Dodds’s vile Pet Emporium — abusiness that stole magical creatures from Eidolon to sell to England’s rich and curious — would prevent the Secret Country from fading away intoruin. However, it soon becomes clear that the evil, dog-headed Dodman’sreign of terror has only just begun. Ben’s mother, Queen [...]

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Lucia and the Light

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

One winter in the Far North the sun disappears and Lucia, accompanied by her milk-white cat, braves the freezing cold and trolls who want to eat her, trying to find the sun and bring it back.

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Boo and Baa Have Company

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

It’s autumn and Boo and Baa are raking leaves when they hear meowing. They discover a cat that has climbed up a tree and cannot get down. Boo and Baa try lots of different things, but it’s hard to convince their visitor he’s welcome to stay.

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Mark’s Messy Room

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

Carlo is one unhappy cat. That’s because he lives with Mark in the messiest bedroom in town. He can’t even find a place to lie down, so he makes his escape.

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Monsters Are Afraid of the Moon

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 20, 2007

When Marie brings the moon into her bedroom, it scares away the monsters who have tormented her but also causes problems which only the village cats can help solve.

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Cat and Mouse

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 11, 2007

Mother mouse and mother cat taught their children about the world but one little cat and one little mouse weren’t paying attention. The cat and the mouse become friends and their siblings join them.

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Pino and the Signora’s Pasta

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Tired of the pasta that the Signora brings him and the other cats of Rome every day, Pino sets out to sample other delicacies.

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Temple Cat

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A temple cat in ancient Egypt grows tired of being worshipped and cared for in a reverent fashion and travels to the seaside, where she finds genuine affection with a fisherman and his children.

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