The Cath in the Hat

Sophie is back and so are Bonnie and Baxter, the two gourds that became Sophie's friends at the end of S ophie's Squash . In her l...

Today's post is about two picture books for dog lovers. Count me among the breed. My best friend--a pug--just turned 15. And according...

Finding engaging books for kids just learning to read is always a challenge. A new series by Tomie dePaola (cowritten with Jim Lewis) fits...

It's often a challenge getting one of my cats to the vet (a broken lamp springs to mind) so it's easy to sympathize with Bad Kitty...

This year is Beatrix Potter's 150th birthday, and so it's fitting that she has been in the news. A long-lost story featuring a bla...

Anyone who has been to my home knows that I display calaveras, Mexican Day-of-the-Dead skeletons that symbolically give Death the finger. ...

As readers of this blog know, I'm a big time fan of Bad Kitty. I like a cat with attitude. In his latest foray with this bad-tempered ...