40 Favorite Cat Books for Kids

Happy Cats by Catherine Amari and Anouk Han, illustrated by Emi Lenox
Younger readers will love this playful book of opposites for cat-loving youngsters with fantastic illustrations…”fluffed cat / naked cat / spherical cat / sq. cat.“

A Cat Like That written by Lester L. Laminack, illustrated by Nicole Wong
Youthful kids will benefit from the easy, rhythmic, and repeated textual content about “A cat. A cat. An enormous spherical cat. Have you ever ever seen a cat like that?” The cat strolls across the small city, from the firehouse to the ocean. Lovely paintings exhibits a sassy, assured, big-bellied cat. Effectively, have you ever ever seen a cat like that?

Ramon Fellini the Dog Detective written and illustrated by Guilherme Karsten 
In case you like subversive image books, you’ll love this story a couple of sneaky cat who tips somewhat boy. When the boy is investigating who tipped over the fishbowl, a “canine” detective named Ramon, who seems to be like a cat, seems on the entrance door to assist him resolve the crime. Moreover asking questions, Ramon’s strategies are unusual. However the boy is impressed. So impressed, he lets Ramon take the fish to search for suspects. Perhaps you’ll guess what occurs subsequent, however I’m not going to inform you. Learn the story and discover out!

Atticus Caticus by Sarah Maizes, illustrated by Kara Kramer
A boy and his lovable cat buddy have a enjoyable day on this rhythmic, darling story with hilarious made-up phrases and a candy relationship. “Atticus Caticus jumps…/SPLAT-a-tat-taticus!” From waking as much as breakfast all the way in which to bedtime the place the cat sleeps on his head, these two finest associates all the time have enjoyable. An ideal learn aloud e-book for the children in your lap.

Glamourpuss by Sarah Weeks, illustrated by David Small
Cat homeowners know that dwelling the excessive life is exactly what cats aspire to do. And fortunate for Glamourpuss, she’s lavished with the whole lot she must be . . . glamorous. That’s till Bluebell the canine arrives with a visiting relative. I like the vivid illustrations and true-to-life desires of a diva cat — who transforms the canine right into a glamourous canine!

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin and James Dean
Preschoolers like to sing together with the Pete the Cat tune: “I like my white footwear, I like my white footwear . . .” It’ll get caught in your head — and also you gained’t thoughts! This story is all about going with the move …trigger it’s all good.

Miss Hazeltine’s Home for Shy and Fearful Cats by Alicia Potter, illustrated by Birgitta Sif
Cat lovers will admire Miss Hazeltine’s love for cats who’re afraid of the whole lot; I do know I do! Miss Hazeltine opens her home to all shy cats and gently helps them study birds, climbing, noises, new associates, pouncing, and brooms. The illustrations are whimsical and charming; the story is fantastic — the cats face their fears to rescue their beloved Miss Hazeltine.

Maya and the Lost Cat by Caroline Magerl
Wealthy in figurative language and imagery, Maya rescues a cat however then searches for its homeowners. Lastly, she finds the place the cat belongs. As a thanks, the cat offers her a present — a kitten. Attractive phrase alternative and illustrations! “Then, sly and delicate, Cat carried one thing… a small and cloudy grey bundle…and gave her kitten to Maya.“

Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty, illustrated by David Roberts
Chuckle with this foolish story about two dads and their youngsters attempting to do chores to arrange for Grandma’s go to…however when the cat hears that bathing the cat is on the listing of chores, the cat slyly rearranges the letters and phrases into goofy chores reminiscent of feeding the ground, sweeping the dishes, and scrubbing the fishes. The LGBTQ+ household does all types of bizarre issues till one dad realizes the issue — and captures the cat to allow them to do the right chores.

I Don’t Know What to Name My Cat by Simon Philip, illustrated by Ella Bailey
Our cute however clueless heroine will crack you up! She’s looking for a brand new momentary pet from the zoo (!) when her cat disappears which works poorly. Fortunately her cat comes again with some new title data. Youngsters will benefit from the good title brainstorm!

Lola Gets a Cat by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw
Lola is one in all my youngsters favourite image book characters! Now she is getting a cat from a shelter. When the cat picks her, Lola takes her residence and assist her kitty really feel comfy. Warning: I feel that there’s a excessive likelihood your youngsters will need their very own cat after studying this e-book.

Dear Stray written by Kirsten Hubbard, illustrated by Susan Gal
Written in letters to her newly adopted kitten, somewhat lady explains that she will relate to the prickly, stretchy stray kitten stuffed with fury. She admits that she imagined extra purring and fewer scratching. Because the little lady goes by means of the ups and downs of feelings, she is aware of that she and her fierce little tiger want one another…and love one another. Greater than a easy book about a cat, this can be a tenderhearted story about understanding your self and your large emotions. Completely pretty.

Flat Cat written by Tara Lazar, illustrated by Pete Oswald
Flat Cat likes being flat. So when Flat Cat unintentionally turns into large and fluffy, he hates that everybody desires to hug and seize and squeeze him. Fortunately, Aunt Harriet smooshed him again to his previous flat self. Besides, now he’s not as blissful –and he type of misses being smooshed and smooched and snuggled. Perhaps Flat Cat does need to be a cuddly cat? This darling e-book will attraction to the Flat Cats in all of us! Pete Oswald’s illustrations add pizazz and allure.

Stretchy McHandsome by Judy Schachner
In case you like candy tales with blissful endings, you’ll love this story of a cat who finds his particular person and whose brother and sister cats discover their folks, too. Stretchy units off on an journey and discovers a lady who loves him at first sight. Their bond is made even higher when her 8 brothers and sisters undertake Stretchy’s brothers and sisters.

The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABCs (the Hard Way) by Patrick McDonnell
Look rigorously because the cartoon cat in purple runs by means of the pages and finds sudden silliness with an alligator attempting to eat him, a bear up a tree, a hen squawking out of her coop, and so forth, with every web page representing one letter of the alphabet. A uniquely imagined story in alphabetical order.

Inside Cat by Brendan Wenzel
Repetition and rhyme with brief, punchy phrases and phrases depict Inside Cat’s statement and experience on Outdoors as he observes it by means of the home windows. Inside “Wanders. Wonders. Naps. Is aware of what’s hiding within the gaps.” Outdoors is filled with coloration whereas inside, solely the cat is filled with coloration. Cat thinks he may know all of it — till. Oh. The final web page exhibits him strolling exterior into a wonderful, superb world that’s prepared for exploration. 

The Catawampus Cat by Jason Carter Eaton, illustrated by Gus Gordon
A small grey cat walks into city, barely tilted to 1 aspect. At first, the townspeople attempt to straighten him out, however that didn’t work. What did work was for the folks to tilt and spot life otherwise? Which created all types of fantastic, blissful outcomes for everybody. You’ll stroll (and see life) somewhat otherwise after studying this tremendous particular slanty image story!

Poor Puppy and Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
You’ll be laughing by means of this foolish alphabetical story about Pet and Kitty and their playful adventures.

Frank and Laverne by Dave Whamod and Jennifer Stokes, illustrations by Dave Whamod
This e-book completely captures the variations between cats and canine. It’s two completely different tales (flip the e-book to begin the second story)– one instructed from the irritated cat’s perspective and the opposite from the loving canine’s. These traditional opposites can have very distinct views on life.

They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
Use this lovely e-book to speak about perspective. The cat walks by means of the world. And is seen by completely different creatures, every who sees the cat otherwise relying on their background information. It’s SUCH a cool e-book on standpoint, particularly for school rooms. LOVE.

Breaking Cat News: Cats Reporting on the News that Matters to Cats by Georgia Dunn
These are hilarious, tongue-in-cheek cartoons of cats reporting the most recent information from their oh, so news-worthy lives. As you may think about, they report breaking information about empty meals bowls, one of the best sunspots, and the vacuum cleaner’s return in addition to life’s many mysteries. Good things, proper?! What would the people take into consideration these similar occasions?

Strange Planet The Sneaking, Hiding, Vibrating Creature by Nathan W. Pyle
A HILARIOUS story of aliens investigating an odd creature prowling round their home. First, they discover and file the creature’s behaviors. Subsequent, the aliens attempt to imitate the behaviors however,, sadly, can’t fairly do any of them very properly — which is humorous. As they narrate their day, make inferences in regards to the phrases that the aliens use for on a regular basis objects; phrases like “starblock materials” and “ink cylinder.” Extremely advisable!

The Cat Who Lived with Anne Frank by David Lee Miller and Steven Jay Rubin, illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
The story of Anne Frank is acquainted to adults however fairly heavy to introduce to kids. Nevertheless, this image e-book is a kid-appropriate introduction to Anne Frank’s story from a cat’s perspective.

Cat Books: Chapter Books

The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella by Sabrina Moyle, illustrated by Eunice Moyle
Astrid and Stella (and their robotic) are able to rocket into outer house. Once they get a misery name from Caturn about Kittywonkus taking up the planet, they resolve to avoid wasting the planet –however how will they get Kittywompus to interrupt the spell? Once they succeed, they head to the planet Bloop for a seaside trip. Stuffed with puns, hilarity, journey, and cuteness — that is positive to be a brand new favourite story to your 6- to 9-year-olds.

Misty the Abandoned Kitten (Pet Rescue Adventures) by Holly Webb
On this charming straightforward chapter e-book, Amy finds and secretly cares for a kitten. We be taught that the kitten does belong to somebody, an older particular person with a bossy greater cat so the kitty didn’t get sufficient to eat or any consideration and ran away. Fortunately, all’s properly that ends properly, Amy will get to maintain the kitty! This e-book is an effective alternative for cat lovers.

Emmet and Jez Adventures in Fosterland by Hannah Shaw, illustrated by Bev Johnson (ages 6 – 9)
Jez, a kitten with three legs, assumes that Emmett is a kitten. Emmett notices that he’s not an excellent kitten — and learns that it’s as a result of he’s a pig. They marvel what Foreverland will likely be like. Emmett’s Foreverland is precisely what he all the time dreamed of — a pleasant farm with different pigs and cows and plenty of new associates. A humorous and candy e-book about kindness and studying to be your self.

Sparks by Ian Boothby, illustrated by Nina Matsumoto
SUPERHERO
After escaping the evil laboratory, cats August and Charlie assist others in a “Tremendous Canine” canine disguise. However their evil scientist nemesis, a diaper-wearing child named Princess, will cease at nothing to recapture the escaped cats…and conquer your entire world. Seize these superhero graphic novels with journey, friendship, and humor!

Bad Kitty Supercat by Nick Bruel 
Unhealthy Kitty’s proprietor tells Unhealthy Kitty to get off screens and play with another cats. However Unhealthy Kitty isn’t blissful about having playdates. Ultimately, Playdate Candidate #4 (Unusual Kitty) brings creativeness and comedian books and Unusual Kitty helps Unhealthy Kitty discover his superhero persona –simply in time to fulfill the supervillain! Playful, imaginative, and hilarious–that is my new favourite Unhealthy Kitty e-book and his first graphic novel.

Kitty and Dragon by Meika Hashimoto, illustrated by Gillian Reid
In three candy friendship tales, meet Kitty and her new buddy, Dragon, who dwell collectively in a cave. Purchase the e-book and/or learn the darling tales on the favored Epic web site.

Cat Ninja by Matthew Cody, illustrated by Yehudi Mercado
By day Claude is Leon’s pet, however by evening, he’s Cat Ninja, Metro Metropolis’s protector! His nemesis is Leon’s sister’s evil hamster, Grasp Hamster. Study the Cat Ninja’s origin story, then observe his perilous, thrilling, and humorous adventures!

Frank and the Bad Surprise by Martha Brockenbrough, illustrated by Jon Lau
The people overlook all about Frank the cat after they add a brand new pet to the household. It takes operating away and (writing many indignant letters) for Frank to understand his residence and the brand new pet. In actual fact, again at residence, Frank offers the pet a reputation — which he writes in a letter to his people.

Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue by Paula Harrison, illustrated by Jenny Lovlie
Kittie’s mother is a superhero with cat powers, however Kitty isn’t able to do what her mother does. Nevertheless, when her mother is gone, a cat named Figaro involves her that wants assist. Kitty desires to assist so she decides to be courageous. Carrying her cat costume, she travels by means of the evening to assist her new cat associates– and discovers she will do greater than she thought doable.

Stick Cat: A Tail of Two Kitties by Tom Watson
Stick Cat and his neighbor kitty, Edith, need to save their neighboring piano man whose arms are caught contained in the piano. however HOW? Effectively, their rescue entails a laundry line 23 flooring above the bottom and the pockets of an apron. Although the neighbor cat, Edith, isn’t the neatest, she helps Stick Cat and unknowingly saves the day.

Jenny and the Cat Club: A Collection of Favorite Stories about Jenny Linsky
We love the fearless Jenny, who lives with an previous sea captain and has her personal cat membership of cat associates. Excellent news, the Jenny cat books have their very own collection!

Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey 
Cat Child teaches a category for the tadpoles about making your personal comedian books…which doesn’t go properly till the tadpoles get enthusiastic about failure and get began writing and drawing. In case you like a whole lot of silliness (together with potty humor) with nice messages about writing, creativity, and persistence, learn this e-book subsequent.

Cat Books: Center Grade Books

Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes
I picked this e-book due to the cat pictured on the entrance cowl — and located it extra significant than I had anticipated. Gaby loves animals and hopes to at some point undertake a cat. However that’s not doable since her mother was deported to Honduras. Now Gaby needed to dwell along with her neglectful father however she hopes that when her mother returns, the whole lot will likely be higher and she will undertake her favourite shelter cat.

Warriors by Erin Hunter
Each my youngsters (and I) liked the Warriors cat books a couple of distinctive clan civilization of untamed cats. It follows the story of a former home cat who joins ThunderClan. Not everybody accepts this former home cat. He’ll must show himself with a view to assist his clan battle the menacing ShadowClan. These are important books for cat lovers.

The Cat Who Came In off the Roof by Annie M.G. Schmidt
What a charming story! Mr. Tibble meets the unusual cat-like Miss Minou as he’s about to be fired from his reporter job since he solely writes about cats, not information. Miss Minou, who was a cat, makes use of her cat connections to assist Mr. Tibble uncover information to avoid wasting his job. He, after all, doesn’t consider Miss Minou was a cat. Nevertheless, it’s unusual that she desires to sleep in a field with newspaper and climbs bushes in terror each time canine come round.

The Books of Elsewhere: The Shadows by Jacqueline West FANTASY (collection)
My daughter launched me to this superior e-book collection about a home that appears to be haunted with work that result in different worlds and mysteriously cryptic, speaking cats. Olive quickly learns that the earlier homeowners trapped many individuals in the work, together with a boy Olive befriends who is now a 2D portray. The plot’s twistings saved me questioning what was taking place, and I liked the principal character’s gumption and her supportive feline associates.

First Cat in Space by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Shawn Harris 
SCI-FI
Absurdly hysterical, this can be a bizarrely good journey in house with a cat principal character and a toenail-clipping robotic who journey into house to cease the rats from consuming the moon. Foolish adventures ensue –like befriending a whale, turning into pirates, and answering a sphynx’s riddle — plus loads of drama and inventive world-building.

Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable, illustrated by Stephanie Yue 
SUPERHERO 
Katie desperately desires to hitch her associates at their summer time camp. To earn cash, she will get a job for her neighbor Madeline catsitting 217 tremendous sensible cats who’ve harmful behaviors and highly effective talents. Simply when she realizes that her neighbor is perhaps the supervillain, Moustress, the Moustress will get captured. Katie decides she and the cats should save their buddy.

The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint and Charles Vess
Lovely illustrations accompany this candy, adventurous fantasy story of a lady, Lillian, who’s saved from a lethal snake chunk by the forest cats. Solely to avoid wasting her, the cats flip Lillian right into a kitten. She journeys by means of the forest to seek out somebody who may help her flip again into a lady. Good character growth and a really thought-provoking theme of our decisions and the probabilities in life.

The Curious Cat Spy Club by Linda Pleasure Singleton
Three youngsters from seemingly completely different social circles band collectively to rescue kittens that they discover in a dumpster. Now their newly shaped detective membership desires to find who dumped these harmless kittens. The reply surprises everybody. Every e-book on this pretty, well-written thriller collection is about three sort youngsters who resolve mysteries.

Pounce! Nationwide Geographic Youngsters
You’ll be able to practice cats?! Ideas and methods past litter field coaching will astonish you. Roll over, beg, high-five? Who knew!? This kids’s e-book is chock-full of nice data and concepts plus downside fixing and enrichment. Full-color photographs, lovely layouts, plus a wealth of knowledge make this an interesting, all-encompassing e-book that each cat proprietor wants.