fb2Olivia's very unhappy about moving house and leaving all her friends behind, not to mention next door's two lovely cats. But her parents have a surprise that they hope will cheer her up: a beautiful Siamese kitten. The kitten is adorable, with huge blue eyes, but Olivia insists she doesn't want a cat and Sky is left all alone ... surely Olivia won't be able to resist for long?
Olivia is very protective over her
lovely new kitten, Smudge. But
when her big brother's naughty
friend Rob comes to tea, she
worries that he'll tease Smudge.
Olivia hides the little kitten away, but later that night she is
nowhere to be found. Could
Smudge's disappearance have
anything to do with Rob?
A leading reporter offers a tour of military working dogs’ extraordinary training, heroic accomplishments, and the lasting impacts they have on those who work with them.
People all over the world have been riveted by the story of Cairo, the Belgian Malinois who was a part of the Navy SEAL team that led the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound. A dog’s natural intelligence, physical abilities, and pure loyalty contribute more to our military efforts than ever before. You don't have to be a dog lover to be fascinated by the idea that a dog—the cousin of that furry guy begging for scraps under your table—could be one of the heroes who helped execute the most vital and high-tech military mission of the new millennium.
Now Maria Goodavage, editor and featured writer for one of the world's most widely read dog blogs, tells heartwarming stories of modern soldier dogs and the amazing bonds that develop between them and their handlers. Beyond tales of training, operations, retirement, and adoption into the families of fallen soldiers, Goodavage talks to leading dog-cognition experts about why dogs like nothing more than to be on a mission with a handler they trust, no matter how deadly the IEDs they are sniffing, nor how far they must parachute or rappel from aircraft into enemy territory.
“Military working dogs live for love and praise from their handlers,” says Ron Aiello, president of the United States War Dogs Association and a former marine scout dog handler. “The work is all a big game, and then they get that pet, that praise. They would do anything for their handler.” This is an unprecedented window into the world of these adventurous, loving warriors.
Für ihre großen und kleinen
Fans hat Elke Heidenreich ihre
neueste Erzählung Sonst noch
was auf CD gelesen. Als Zugabe
kommt nach dem Duetto buffo
di due gatti von Rossini (auf deutsch Katzenduett, was sonst
bei einer Katzenliebhaberin)
Liebe Klara. Brief an eine Katze. Wenn Elke Heidenreich von
ihrem Ferienaufenthalt bei
Onkel Hans erzählt und von ihrer
Mutter berichtet, deren
Lieblingssatz Sonst noch was ist,
kann man sich die ewig skeptische Gertrud, die ihre
Hände an der Schürze
abtrocknet, richtig gut
vorstellen. Komisch wird es,
wenn die Autorin wie ein
rheumatischer Hund bellt, das behagliche Schnurren der Katze
imitiert oder wie die ewig
unzufriedene Ziege Gertrud
meckert: Sonst noch was. Elke Heidenreich lebt seit Jahren
mit Tieren zusammen, doch der
überaus ehrliche Brief an ihre
Katze Klara, als sie ihren Urlaub
auf Martinique verbringt,
verlockt jeden Katzenliebhaber zum Schmunzeln. Wer kennt sie
nicht, die eingebildeten,
arroganten unumschränkten
Herrscherinnen ihrer Refugien,
die chronisch schlecht gelaunt
sind und mit ihren Grillen ganze Familien tyrannisieren. Klara
kam schon als ältere Katze in
den Haushalt und ihr strenger
Blick hat ihr ihren Namen
eingebracht. Mit genau diesem
Blick hat früher die Mutter Klara schon ihre Kinder gemustert,
wenn es wieder einmal viel zu
laut herging. Und auch wenn
Klara mit ihren Zicken und
unberechenbaren Launen
manchmal die Geduld ihrer menschlichen "Büchsenöffner"
bis an den Rand des
Nervenzusammenbruchs
strapaziert, ist sie ihnen halt
doch die liebste Katze der Welt.
-- Manuela Haselberger
Вторая книга о веселой симпатичной эрдельке по имени Люся является продолжением повести «Люся с проспекта Просвещения, или История одного побега», вышедшей в Петербурге осенью 2006 года. Благополучно вернувшись домой после новогодних скитаний, Люся неожиданно оказывается участницей новых волнующих событий. Удивительные приключения и открытия, встречи и находки предстоят читателям вместе с главной героиней этой книги и ее четвероногими друзьями.
Can work, family life, and sanity itself survive a three-legged cat’s one-track obsession?
Clayton “the Tripod” is a special-needs rescue who quickly established himself as king of the house—a “loveable doofus” and natural clown with a heart big enough for ten cats. The day he teaches himself to play fetch, however, Clayton transforms from loving lap cat to ruthless slave driver, demanding round-the-clock games of toss/retrieve/repeat from his hapless human mom. He interrupts her work, her sleep, even her alone time with her husband. But how can any loving (if exhausted!) cat parent look into an adorable feline’s big hopeful eyes and say no?
From the Curl Up with a Cat Tale series of true-life short stories from Gwen Cooper—bestselling author of the smash hit Homer’s Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale—“Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen” is full of Gwen’s trademark humor and heart. It’s a tale sure to resonate with animal lovers everywhere.
This story is about a young girl
called Helena who helps out at
the local vet surgery where her
older cousin, Lucy works. On the
way to the surgery one day,
they find an injured kitten under a car. They feel sorry for
the kitten and take him straight
to the clinic. Helena loves this
cat and takes care of him as
longs as he's at the surgery.
There he is operated on and gets a cast. Caramel (as Helena
calls him) has no chip or collar.
He has nobody to claim him.
He's homeless. Caramel is fed up
of being stuck in the clinic! Will
anyone give this poor kitten a home? Who will claim him? Find
out in The Brave Kitten.
HARE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
Bunnicula is missing! Chester is convinced all the world's vegetables are in danger of being drained of their life juices and turned into zombies. Soon he has Harold and Howie running around sticking toothpicks through hearts of lettuce and any other veggie in sight. Of course, Chester has been known to be wrong before...but you can never be too careful when there's a vampire bunny at large!
Doreen Tovey enchants us again
with stories of life with her
husband Charles in a West
Country village, where they are
driven to distraction by Siamese
cats, Annabel the donkey, nesting swallows, bucking
horses, and the villagers who
still regard them as inept
townsfolk, even after 18 years.
In an effort to get away from it
all, they take a trip to Canada to see the bears and wolves—
much to the alarm of Father
Adams and Miss Wellington. If
they can't handle Siamese cats,
how will they handle a grizzly?
However, after hearing what the villagers have been up to in
their absence, they wonder if
they might have been safer in
Canada. As for the cats, Seeley
and Shebalu start acting
strangely when they develop a taste for dog food. But it is time
for another solemn little Seal
Point to come into their lives—
who takes some settling in.
Maddy looks forward to a kitten now her Maddy is determined to provide the perfect home for her beautiful tortoiseshell kitten, Biscuit. She spends all her time with the new arrival, playing and giving her cuddles. Before long, Biscuit is old enough to go outside. But little does she know that the neighbour's two big tomcats see the garden as their territory.
At rare intervals we find ourselves in the odd position of publishing a book we cannot describe on the jacket flap. This is a baffling sample of the genre. On the most obvious level, it is a wry, unsentimental, perceptive account of how to co-exist with two cats of astonishing longevity. On another level, it is an illuminating portion of informal autobiography of one of the more successful writers of fiction of our times. Additionally, it is a careful, authentic observation of the domesticated feline, of Roger and Geoffrey, gentleman cats of humor, intelligence, protocol, and delicately savage heritage. Perhaps most interesting of all is this backstage glimpse of the writer at home, his perceptions and prejudices, his use of the materials of life, in homes in Texas, New York, Mexico, and Florida, while he was publishing six hundred pieces of magazine fiction and forty-seven novels. Wondering how to classify this intriguing work, we asked Mr. MacDonald’s advice, and he wrote to us saying, “Your guess will be better than mine. All I know is that some years back I decided to do a book about cats, and related matters. Roger is pushing twenty. I think it would be nice to award him a little neighborhood adulation while he is still one of the group.”
All we know is that those who never make the acquaintance of one house guest, a goose named Knees, are impoverishing themselves. And we predict Ol’ Rog is due for more than “a little neighborhood adulation.”
Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese set out through the Canadian wilderness. Separately, they would soon have died. But, together, the three house pets faced starvation, exposure, and wild forest animals to make their way home to the family they love. The Incredible Journey is one of the great children's stories of all time—and has been popular ever since its debut in 1961.
Instinct told them that the way
home lay to the west. And so
the doughty young Labrador
retriever, the roguish bull terrier
and the indomitable Siamese
set out through the Canadian wilderness. Separately, they
would soon have died. But,
together, the three house pets
faced starvation, exposure, and
wild forest animals to make
their way home to the family they love. The Incredible
Journey is one of the great
children's stories of all time--
and has been popular ever since
its debut in 1961.
Tia has always wanted a cat and is thrilled when her family get a Bengal kitten. Milly is the most beautiful cat she has ever seen – and the cleverest, too!
When Tia hears rumours about local cat thieves she decides to keep Milly inside. But Milly is far too lively to stay shut in the house for long. One day, Tia comes home from school and Milly is nowhere to be seen. Tia has a very bad feeling. What if her adorable kitten has been stolen?
Tuffy doesn't feel wanted at home any more. His owners just don't appreciate him. So what if he broke the new TV? Got fur on all Dad's clean clothes? Ate Tinkerbell the kitten's special kitten-food? All accidents! But they're making such a fuss!
'Okay, okay. So stick my head in
a holly bush.'
Tuffy knows what he likes. And
he doesn't like the 'art' that
Ellie's mum brings home from
her new classes. So what's a cat to do?
A few scratches here just
happen to shred a painting. A
nudge there somehow slips a
vase off a shelf. Dad hope a
horribly lumpy clay pot will be next, but Tuffy's having none of
it. The killer cat will go his own
sweet way!
The Killer Cat is back for
Christmas! A much-loved classic
by Anne Fine. So go on, ask me.
'Dear, dear Tuffy. Why was your
Christmas so horrible?' Well. I
couldn't climb the tree. I couldn't touch the dangly
decorations. And Ellie made me
part of her sing-along Christmas
performance. Horrible, horrible,
horrible! But I showed them. I
was Tuffy the Acting Cat, superstar. How was I supposed
to know things would get so . . .
messy? Anne Fine has written
numerous highly acclaimed and
prize-winning books for
children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread
Children's Book of the Year
Award; Goggle-Eyes won the
Guardian Children's Fiction
Award and the Carnegie Medal;
Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread
Children's Book of the Year; and
Bill's New Frock won a Smarties
Prize. Anne Fine was named
Children's Laureate in 2001 and
was awarded an OBE in 2003.
Mia can't get over her pet cat Sandy's death, and can't ever imagine replacing him. Over the Christmas holidays, she gets to play with her friend's cat's kittens. Then Mia's parents surprise her by saying she can have the last kitten, Whiskers. But although Mia loves him, she feels guilty about Sandy. Can Mia bring herself to keep the new kitten? From the best-selling author Holly Webb comes another heart-warming animal story.