Edith Wharton wrote ghost stories?
It's a whole book of Puss-in-Boots inspired tales about cats helping people (and sometimes mostly just pointing up their folly). Talking, sometimes clothes-wearing cats. Not for everyone, but for a select audience these stories should delight.
I concluded from this book (ok, and a couple of her others) that I don't like the writing of Edith Wharton. I feel her writing is very dry and uninviting compared to some of her counterparts from the same period!
This humorous collection of tales from master-storyteller, Lloyd Alexander, focuses on the unique wisdom of cats. Each tale has a unique setting, from the far Orient to France. My favorite tale by far was The Cat Who Said No. The frantic explanations given by the courtiers were truly comic. And the ...
I had to get it through interlibrary loan. Which, I discovered last night is a rather expensive proposition. My library ends up paying around $10 per title, as well as $400 per annum to be in a regional network. Due to budget constraints, the library is going to start charging $1 per ILL request. It...
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