Cat Diaries: Secret Writings of the MEOW Society

I gave this book a 5 star rating because it is easy enough to read even for early readers and yet tells many diverse stories. These adventures start with an enormous cat enclave. At the enclave stories, written by cats themselves, are read aloud to the audience of cats, of course. Some stories are short and simple. Other's are stories to hear around a warm fire with friends near. All the tales take us on a mind trip to experience happenings from another mind, written by their own hand...err...paw. Because all the stories are written by cats themselves. The Cat enclave not only loves to hear adventures read aloud, but they like to encourage other cats to write their stories down for the future generations. Of course, as people of learning, (ahem) we see the parallels to the human experience. But the written accounts, by catspaw as it were,include details of historical value like the tale of how the Egyptians defeated their foes in a great battle with the help of -cats! This is a piece of true history. Or take the well known tale of Blackbeard, the pirate. He had a cat on his ship as most seafaring men did, in those days. But how that cat led him and his cronies to treasure is a little known story. I loved the analogy between human and cat world. I did however have a touch of trouble with the the timeline compressing all of the ancient Egyptian history into a cat living in ancient times but taking a walk past all the Egyptian monuments known by man today, which are surely from different dynasties. The cat of the battle mentioned earlier could not have been the cat of the last dynasty. But I'm nitpicking a bit, because as I said this book is suitable to early readers who are not like to notice the discrepancy or compression of history yet. And it's A great way to expose kids to ancient Egyptian history in a early taste at that big apple.

My daughter wants me to read this EVERY NIGHT. So I do. *shrug*

My husband recently noticed that our cat Eve would sit in his lap when he was reading before going to sleep. I suggested he start reading stories about cats, starting with RHUBARB by H.Allen Smith. That took awhile — but these stories are perfect, just enough time for her to pay rapt attention before pursuing her nighttime hobbies of knocking over wastebaskets and playing with the bathtub faucet.

The cat tells its story. Perfect for a challenged reader (I tutor 1st - 3rd graders) The stories are illustrated, short, believable and entertaining.

I bought this book for my teen but appears to be for younger readers.

My daughter hated reading. So I talked to her and found out what she is interested in most and that is 🐱. Now she reads this book every day. I also bought the woof one for her and she started reading that one too😁 if your having a difficult time getting your kiddo to read. Find out what they are most interested in and get them going.

Meowfully delightful for cat lovers everywhere. Made me smile and chuckle, a healing experience while getting chemo today. Thank you kitties for your antics, adventures, and stories.

My little guy loves the stories.

Amusing stories for cat lovers. My child reads the book again and again.