Cat in a manger? Stable?
December 24, 2007 7:53 AM Subscribe
Help me find this Christmas book from my mother's youth-- the Christmas story from a cat's perspective.
What she remembers about the book:
It was probably published in the early sixties, maybe 1963. The name of the book is a woman's name, something like Abigail and most likely a name beginning with A. There is a subtitle that reads something like "A Cat in a Manger," or "The Cat in the Stable." The author is a man-- someone who was well known in New York at the time (composer? director? designer?) and the illustrations are quite beautiful. The original cover was whitish with a cat on it.
The story goes that the cat lives in a stable. Kittens may or may not be involved. The cat breaks her foot. Joseph and Mary arrive at the stable and baby Jesus is born. During the night, the baby is cold. The cat struggles over despite its broken foot and stretches out over the baby to keep him warm. In the morning, the cat's paw is heeled.
We found "Cat in the Manger" by Michael Foreman on Amazon, but that doesn't seem to be it. Then again we couldn't find a very descriptive synopsis.
What she remembers about the book:
It was probably published in the early sixties, maybe 1963. The name of the book is a woman's name, something like Abigail and most likely a name beginning with A. There is a subtitle that reads something like "A Cat in a Manger," or "The Cat in the Stable." The author is a man-- someone who was well known in New York at the time (composer? director? designer?) and the illustrations are quite beautiful. The original cover was whitish with a cat on it.
The story goes that the cat lives in a stable. Kittens may or may not be involved. The cat breaks her foot. Joseph and Mary arrive at the stable and baby Jesus is born. During the night, the baby is cold. The cat struggles over despite its broken foot and stretches out over the baby to keep him warm. In the morning, the cat's paw is heeled.
We found "Cat in the Manger" by Michael Foreman on Amazon, but that doesn't seem to be it. Then again we couldn't find a very descriptive synopsis.
Also, Rouben Mamoulian, the guy who wrote the book linked by chez shoes above, was a film and theatre director in New York, according to Wikipedia. Looks like that's the right book!
posted by DMan at 12:52 PM on December 24, 2007
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posted by chez shoes at 10:36 AM on December 24, 2007