A Michael Broad Blog
Doctor Jill Biden co-authored the book Willow the White House Cat with Alyssa Satin Capucilli. It is illustrated by Kate Berube. I believe that Willow is now around four years of age. The Bidens no longer have German Shepherd dogs at the White House. You may remember that there were problems of biting. In …
Dr Desmond Morris, the renowned author of many books on animal and human behaviour including the definitive ‘CATWATCHING’ describes this book as a ‘classic’ cat book. But a bookseller has a different opinion (see below). I have scanned it and it is a classic cat book but not as we, today, understand the meaning …
Here are 20 facts about cats in children’s literature. I hope you find the page useful and enjoyable. There are some great celebrity cats in literature. They’ve featured in books for centuries. After the persecution of the domestic cat during mediaeval times, in the 18th century the cat again became more popular and their …
Dr Desmond Morris states that Les Chats by François-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif (1687, Paris – 19 November 1770, Paris) is the earliest classic cat books and one of the first books ever written solely about cats. It was published in 1727. He also states that an English version appeared in 1961. It was …
Of course, there are more than four books that you might buy a cat lover this Christmas but I would like to select four because I’ve just written about four reasons why your cat loves you! Catwatching This is the best book on cat behaviour that you can buy. It was written many years …
This is the story of Tommy, a red tabby cat who lived (and may still live) with a guy called Gary Rosheisen. Gary was wheelchair-bound. He suffered from osteoporosis and occasionally had mini-strokes which affected his balance. He lived alone in an apartment with Tommy. He had acquired Tommy three years previous to the …
Caitlin Doughty is in the news at the moment. She is an American mortician and author. She has written a book which you may have heard of entitled Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death The book is about questions asked by children during question-and-answer sessions after giving …
You have heard the message of Cat Wars, a new book by the ornithologist Peter Marra writing in conjunction with Chris Santella. Dr Marra is the director of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Centre in Washington. He said: “There has never been a book like this that really brought together this science in a way …
