Blackie A Lost Cat

These children's tales chock-full of amusing incidents and characters bursting with life will take you for a wild ride. Follow Blackie, a Lost Cat on his magical adventures with Squinty the Comical Pig, Slicko the Jumping Squirrel, and more!

Richard Barnum was one of many house pseudonyms used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The name Richard Barnum was used for animal stories series for children including: Winkie, the Wily Woodchuck, Flop Ear, the Funny Rabbit, Dido, the Dancing Bear, Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel, Tamba, the Tame Tiger and Mappo, the Merry Monkey. The Stratemeyer Syndicate was a publishing group started by Edward Stratemeyer in 1906. He assembled a group of authors who were paid for writing books anonymously. A different pseudonym was chosen for each book series.

STORIES FOR CHILDREN (From four to nine years old) THE KNEETIME ANIMAL STORIES BY RICHARD BARNUM In all nursery literature animals have played a conspicuous part; and the reason is obvious for nothing entertains a child more than the antics of an animal. These stories abound in amusing incidents such as children adore and the characters are so full of life, so appealing to a child's imagination, that none will be satisfied until they have met all of their favorites-Squinty, Slicko, Mappo, Tum Tum, etc. SQUINTY, THE COMICAL PIG. SLICKO, THE JUMPING SQUIRREL. MAPPO, THE MERRY MONKEY. TUM TUM, THE JOLLY ELEPHANT. DON, A RUNAWAY DOG. DIDO, THE DANCING BEAR. BLACKIE, A LOST CAT. FLOP EAR, THE FUNNY RABBIT. TINKLE, THE TRICK PONY. LIGHTFOOT, THE LEAPING GOAT. CHUNKY, THE HAPPY HIPPO. SHARP EYES, THE SILVER FOX. NERO, THE CIRCUS LION. TAMBA, THE TAME TIGER. TOTO, THE BUSTLING BEAVER.

A lost cat tries to find his way home with the help of the new animal friends he makes along the way.

After Slipper the cat is mistakenly left behind, she sets out to adopt a new family.

This book is all about our cat and its role in our family. I wrote this book to tell other people about the story of our cat. I created this book to show how I value our pet.

Caroline Paul was recovering from a bad accident (she had been flying a plane when it happened) and thought things couldn't get worse. But then her beloved cat Tibia disappeared. She and her partner, illustrator Wendy MacNaughton, anxiously waited for his return, before resigning themselves to their loss. But weeks later, Tibia waltzed back into their lives. His owners were overjoyed. They might also have been a bit jealous. All right, they were very jealous! Where had their sweet anxious cat disappeared to? Had he become a swashbuckling cat adventurer? Did he love someone else more? His owners were determined to find out. Using GPS technology, cat cameras, psychics, the web, and animal communicators, they embarked on a quest to discover what their cat did when they weren't around. Writer Caroline Paul tells the warm and poignant story of their discoveries, with Wendy MacNaughton's elegant and hilarious full-colour watercolours. Lost Cat is a book for animal lovers, pet owners, and anyone who has ever done anything desperate for love.

A cat owner lovingly describes the habits and appearance of his beloved lost pet, hoping that someone will return him, while the person who found him views the very same cat quite differently.

"Deeply moving...an honest and courageous book filled with love for a very special little cat - I cried. I hope everybody reads it who has ever lost a beloved cat. It is so rare to see a man let down his guard and talk about love with such depth and sentiment". Jeffrey Masson (author of THE NINE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF CATS and DOGS NEVER LIE ABOUT LOVE) Stephen Downes never much liked cats. But one day, his sons Patrick and Ben find three kittens at the bottom of the garden. The strays soon become part of the family. Stephen falls in love with Blackie, a confident, friendly cat who keeps him company while he eats his lunch and takes naps on his study floor.But one day Blackie's tail begins to droop and he seems listless and despondent. Stephen is alarmed and wonders what could be ailing his usually robust pet.From the family vet to an eye specialist and eventually to the vet hospital in Werribee, Stephen pursues every avenue to cure Blackie's illness and keep his beloved cat alive...Deeply moving yet unsentimental, BLACKIE is a beautifully written tale about love and loss. In describing the life and death of Blackie, Stephen expresses the intense experience of loving another living thing.