Yuma Public Library

Three little kittens lose, find, soil, and wash their mittens.

These playful verses by a celebrated poet have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were gathered for publication in 1939. As Valerie Eliot has pointed out, there are a number of references to cats in T. S. Eliot's work, but it was to his godchildren, particularly Tom Faber and Alison Tandy, in the 1930s, that he first revealed himself as "Old Possum" and for whom he composed his poems.

Poems penned by cats reveal their every desire, their every conflict, and their every moment of neurotic genius.

Nosy the cat takes a quiet morning stroll which evolves into a full day of adventure and observation and ultimately makes for an unusual day.

A rhyming alphabet book which follows a kitten named Rosie from the alley in which she is found to the "ZZzzs" she enjoys with the family that gives her a home.

A story in concrete poetry in which a dog slips out of his house and meets a white cat left alone on the street. Together their adventure begins.

Three poems describe the nighttime adventures of some rather special cats.

"There's a new cat in town! This feisty sibling of the international bestseller I Could Pee on This will be making its own sensational mark in the cat-poetry world. I Could Pee on This, Too explores fresh feline emotions and philosophical musings through cats' own poetry, such as "Welcome New Cat," "Sleeping My Life Away," and "You Also Live Here." Any cat lover who's longed for a deeper look into the enigmatic world of their cats will fall whiskers...