Looking for the name of a kiddie book about kittes
December 13, 2008 5:46 PM Subscribe
Please help me remember the name of a children's book with cats as protagonists.
I read the book in elementary school, so the book is going to be at least *cough* twenty-five *cough* years old or so. Here's what I remember about it:
1) It was about a group of about a dozen or so anthropomorphosized cats.
2) I think it was set in Paris.
3) One of the cats was named Simon, maybe...
4) The cover of all the editions I remember was bright yellow.
5) Hopefully this will be the most helpful bit: On one pages of the book was a hand drawing of about a dozen of the cats. It was arranged Brady Bunch style with each cat getting his/her own little portrait square. One of the squares, however, didn't have a picture in it, rather it said, "Refused to have his picture taken" since the cat in question was the grumpy/serious one of the group.
Any clues would be welcome. Thanks in advance.
I read the book in elementary school, so the book is going to be at least *cough* twenty-five *cough* years old or so. Here's what I remember about it:
1) It was about a group of about a dozen or so anthropomorphosized cats.
2) I think it was set in Paris.
3) One of the cats was named Simon, maybe...
4) The cover of all the editions I remember was bright yellow.
5) Hopefully this will be the most helpful bit: On one pages of the book was a hand drawing of about a dozen of the cats. It was arranged Brady Bunch style with each cat getting his/her own little portrait square. One of the squares, however, didn't have a picture in it, rather it said, "Refused to have his picture taken" since the cat in question was the grumpy/serious one of the group.
Any clues would be welcome. Thanks in advance.
It's less a narrative and more a random collection of charming drawings, but Norman Lindsay's Artful Cats has anthropomorphised cats, references to Paris, a grumpy cat named "Fuzz Buzz", and a yellow cover...
posted by hot soup girl at 6:29 PM on December 13, 2008
posted by hot soup girl at 6:29 PM on December 13, 2008
My guess was also Jenny and the Cat Club. Did one of the cats have ice skates?
posted by kimdog at 6:46 PM on December 13, 2008
posted by kimdog at 6:46 PM on December 13, 2008
Best answer: further supporting evidence, including your portraits
posted by datacenter refugee at 7:53 PM on December 13, 2008
posted by datacenter refugee at 7:53 PM on December 13, 2008
That does sound like Jenny and the Cat Club. There's no Simon (at least not in in the stories I've read) but there is a Sinbad.
posted by Songdog at 8:12 PM on December 13, 2008
posted by Songdog at 8:12 PM on December 13, 2008
Response by poster: Jenny and the Cat Club it is! Thanks so much!
posted by Cyrano at 11:03 PM on December 13, 2008
posted by Cyrano at 11:03 PM on December 13, 2008
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posted by hellboundforcheddar at 6:23 PM on December 13, 2008