Historical Cats published 2003 by Hodder and Stoughton £9.99
Historical Cats which might have just as well been entitled 'Hysterical Cats' was a great success and was published, in America, by Barnes and Noble. This book, with fabulous watercolour illustrations and black and white cartoons chronicles the great cats of history such as Richard the Furred, Henry Chewed-Ear,and Count Dracula the Vampurr.
Artistic Cats published 2005 by Hodder and Stoughton £9.99
These are the furbulous cats that shaped art history. From Phidias (Fluffiarse to his friends) the great Greek Sculptor, to Tracey Eminently-Famous; Mike L. Angelo, Brooklyn painter/decorator of bathrooms with added angels, to Jackson the UnPollocked, a neutered tabby who could make a drippy mess of any kitchen. Available through bookshops and Amazon: " Another exquisitely illustrated delight from the author of Historical Cats……"
Just Good Friends published 2005 by Hodder and Stoughton £7.99
Or is it 'Fiends'? Can cats and dogs really live together in peace and harmony? A stormy arrangement of cartoons chronicling the devious pacts and front-line terrorism that occurs, behind the scenes, in the homes of pet-lovers.
How Cats Conquered the World
published 2004 by Hodder and Stoughton £7.99
The definitive cartoon book of how cats got to be the dominant race… from God's cats, who sat on his blueprints of the universe, to today's cats who love teenagers who provide a warm bed all day. This includes influential cats such as Shakepeare's mog who suggested "Tabby or not tabby" when Hamlet was at the cat rescue home. Available at book shops and Amazon.
Literary Cats
published September 2006 by Hodder and Stoughton £9.99
Of course cats can write. What do you think they do in their spare time? Henry Long-Haired Fellow composed the poem, "The Song of Hairywatha". Edgar Allen Poo, himself black as a raven at midnight, wrote "The Fall of the House of Whisker", Paws Christian Andersen's ideal mermaid mate was half cat, half herring. The terrifying combatative sisters Gruntë fought claw to tooth moments in a Yorkshire parsonage....and who can fail to succumb to the earthy Scottish poetry of Tabby Burns "To a Moose"? Here are cats of all nations pawing their hearts out on paper.
