Today's Tip for Cat Children of Human People (CaCHuPs): It's the time of year when the windows are open. Sitting in the windows is a lot of fun. At the SICSA place where I met the daddies, I had a room with windows for walls. I liked sitting out there. I wish I had one of those here. If you sit in the windows you can watch the birds. I talk to them sometimes to try to get them to come in--they never listen. You can see squirrels and bugs and leaves. You can laugh at the funny sounds the humans make when they walk by. But most importantly you can hiss at strange kitties to keep you humans safe. I even got to growl at one once. Make sure they stay away, so you can keep your humans to yourself. There are only so many laps in a house!
Bubble's Book Recommendations and Tips for Cat Children of Human People -- "Goose" by Molly Bang9/25/2014 ...but I sure am glad Daddy Tim read it with me. I think it is my favorite book so far that doesn't star a kitty. It starts on a dark, stormy night when a goose's egg falls out of her nest and rolls away down a hill...and right into a den of woodchucks. I had never heard of a woodchuck, but apparently it is a giant mousie that lives underground. Neat! She can fly! My daddies make me fly all the time when they want me to move to a different place. They pick me up and make whooshing noises. I'm not REALLY flying like the goose in the book. If I wiggle in the air as I fall, the best I can do is land on my feet...which is still pretty nifty--but wouldn't be much help over the ocean. The goose baby flies right back to her family. Then she gives her family a ride in the air! I love this book. It made Daddy Tim's eyes leak a little; he said it usually does when he reads it. I think he likes it even more than I do. He is mad that it didn't win the 1997 Caldecott award. He said the books that did win and get honors aren't as good as this. He says that this is a hybrid picturebook and comic made before such things were cool, and that the pictures tell much of the story...he says a lot of things that don't make sense to me--I just love the book and the pictures, so I will give this book the retroactive Caldecatt for 1997. I think little humans who are adopted like me and the goose will like this too. Daddy Tim and I decided that anyone human, cat, goose or squirrel that needs encouragement should get this book from someone who loves them.
Today's Tip for Cat Children of Human People (CaCHuPs): It's the time of year when the windows are open. Sitting in the windows is a lot of fun. At the SICSA place where I met the daddies, I had a room with windows for walls. I liked sitting out there. I wish I had one of those here. If you sit in the windows you can watch the birds. I talk to them sometimes to try to get them to come in--they never listen. You can see squirrels and bugs and leaves. You can laugh at the funny sounds the humans make when they walk by. But most importantly you can hiss at strange kitties to keep you humans safe. I even got to growl at one once. Make sure they stay away, so you can keep your humans to yourself. There are only so many laps in a house!
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Turns out those funny sounds are little green human-like people (Daddy Tim called them aliens)...And Mr Wuffles's playing with them broke their space ship. When he falls asleep, the little Greenies make a break for it. I think they decided to try to find new parts for their ship. Mr. Wuffles wakes up and wants to play (Daddy Tim said he probably wanted to play "Tour My Digestive Tract"). He tries to catch the Greenies... But a Ladybug distracts him...I think she saved the Greenies on purpose. They run under the heater and meet the Ants and Ladybugs who live there. They apparently have to escape Mr Wuffles regularly since they have paintings on their walls about how they do it...And the bugs decide to help the Greenies. The bugs share Cheez-its (Daddy Tim's favorite snack). And after finding spare parts for their ship, the Greenies hatch a plan to distract Mr Wuffles and get back to their ship. There is an epic battle, and Mr Wuffles chases first one group of Greenies and bugs and then another. But the little people finally get to their ship and fix it and escape through a window... Mr Wuffles is not pleased. Ha ha ha. I like this book even if it has almost no words in it. I think little humans who like to make up their own stories will like this book a lot. The pictures are a lot of fun too. Mr Wuffles is like a real cat! I still think Banjo is a goober for thinking the toys will come to life, but I will have to keep an eye on the Ants and Ladybugs I see; they may be smarter than I think.
Daddy Tim said this was a Caldecott honor book. It was one of his two picks for the Caldecott award this year (He thought "Battle Bunny" by Jon Scieszka should have won...he hasn't brought that home for me to read yet...He said he thought the committee was just to chicken to give it to a book that would be controversial--I can't wait to read it!). I think I would give this a Caldecatt as well as a Caldecott. Today's Tip for Cat Children of Human People (CaCHuPs): Toys are where you find them. Yes your Humans probably buy you Mousies and feathers on strings and ribbons on sticks...but every kitty knows that anything can be a toy. Paperwad is a good example. Daddies crinkle up paper they don't like. Sometimes they throw it...sometimes you have to stick your head in the trash to get to it. It is a lot of fun to bat around especially on the slippery floor. Also, stuff on shelves can make good toys...try knocking stuff on high shelves on to the floor. If it doesn't break, it might be fun to whack around! Socks and ties can be fun in a pinch too. Yesterday I found a fun spinney thing in the Daddy's torture-chamber-and-water-cat-box room; every time I whacked it it spun and gave out a wide white ribbon! Explore and play with everything...your Human won't mind; if they seem to, just turn on the cute--remember you're in charge. |
About MeTim is a writer, book reviewer and Librarian. He has a Master's of Library Science and was on the Newbery Committee twice. Technology scares and often annoys him, but he is always game for a silly costume! Archives
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