“When my cats are not happy, I’m not happy. They’re just sitting there thinking of ways to get even.” ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cats, cats, cats. Everywhere cats! Yowl!
Today, alphabet soup is proud to feature 17 somewhat scruffy immaculately groomed authors and illustrators from the kidlitosphere and their 17,000 crazy cool cats. It’s not like any of these people actually hissed at my National Dog Day post in August, where we rhapsodized about man’s best friend, extolled his loyalty, and traded stories over a few juicy bones. You know, a perfectly innocent little party.
national cat day
the cats are coming! the cats are coming!
Holy Catnip!
The alphabet soup kitchen is crawling with tail swishing, paw swatting, head rubbing cats! And I’m running out of milk. Yeow, mew mew, miaow, scritch scratch all day long.
Yes, your Majesty. No, your Highness. Another serving of tuna, your Excellency?
Gulp. I feel so . . . inferior.
If you’d like to meet some crazy cool superior beings, join us this Friday, October 29th, when we celebrate National Cat Day! I’ve rounded up some crazy cat people from the kidlitosphere. Some are absolutely crazy about their cats. Others are crazy because of their cats. The rest are just crazy, period. (I cannot claim any responsibility for their catastrophic behavior.)
Stay tuned for fun, folly, felines, and mega-fur. Why not post a picture of your cat on your blog or Facebook profile on Friday?
Meanwhile, help yourself:
A Mouse Race (like a Rat Race, only tastier).
So, what are you looking at?!
*Winchester, pictured above, lives with author Candice Ransom.
*Mouse Race by two moon sky/flickr.
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friday feast: meowish metaphors
“A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem.” ~ Jean Burden
I’ve just slipped into my black cat suit so I can channel my inner feline. So far this morning, I’ve batted the air, leapt to the top of the refrigerator, took several serious naps, and s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d good, l – o – n – g stretches.
Are you impressed by my grace and agility? My stealth moves and “aren’t you lucky to be in my presence” cattitude?
Oh, I am sooooooooo sleek. You may pet me.
*admires whiskers*
Yes, Halloween is coming, but did you know National Cat Day is exactly one week away, on October 29th? Of course we’re going to celebrate here at alphabet soup by featuring several uber-cool cats, along with the authors and/or illustrators who live with them. Me-ow!
But for now, let’s paws for a bit of purrfect poetry.
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