Cat Stories

Picture Books

Why do kittens purr? by Marion Dane Bauer

Madeline and the cats of Rome by John Bemelmans Marciano

Little Beauty by Anthony Brown

Mrs. McTats and her houseful of cats by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Have you seen my cat? by Eric Carle

A kitten’s year by Nancy Raines Day

Top cat by Lois Ehlet

Knitty kitty by David Elliott

The perfect nest by Catherine Friend

The nine lives of Rotten Ralph by Jack Gantos

Minifred goes to school by Mordicai Gerstein

Boris and the snoozebox by Leigh Hodgkinson

My cats Nick and Nora by Isabelle Harper

I am the dog, I am the cat by Donald Hall

Kitten’s first full moon by Kevin Henkes

The Christmas Day kitten by James Herriot

The secret life of Walter Kitty by Barbara Jean Hicks

Cat, you better come home by Garrison Keillor

Comic adventures of Boots by Satoshi Kitamura

So what’s it like to be a cat? by Karla Kuskin

Two Bobbies: a true story of Hurricane Katrina, friendship, and survival by Kirby Larson

Doctor Meow’s big emergency by Sam Lloyd

A box full of kittens by Sonia Manzano

Kitty cat, Kitty cat, are you waking up? by Bill Martin Jr.

Fabian escapes by Peter McCarty

Pussycats everywhere! by Shelia McGraw

Tiny on the farm by Cari Meister

Dewey: there’s a cat in the library by Vicki Myron

The best cat in the world by Leslea Newman

Come back, cat by Joan L. Nodset

Kat Kong by Dav Pilkey

What cats want for Christmas by Kandy Radzinski

The dog who had kittens by Polly Robertus

The cinder-eyed cat by Eric Rohmann

Bandit by Karen Rostoker-Gruber

Come along, kitten by Joanne Ryder

Cat Heaven by Cynthia Rylant

I love cats! by Barney Saltzberg

Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner

Love, Splat by Rob Scotton

Alex and Lulu: two of a kind by Lorena Siminovich

Sammy Salami by Jerry Smath

Callie Cat, ice skater by Eileen Spinelli

The lighthouse cat by Sue Stainton

Waggers by Philemon Sturges

Grumpy cat by Britta Teckentrup

Curious kittens by Roy Volkmann

The cat who wouldn’t come inside: based on a true story by Cynthia Von Buhler

Chester’s back by Melanie Watt

Cat jumped in! by Tess Weaver

Yoko’s paper cranes by Rosemary Wells

Easy Reader Books

Digby and Kate 1,2,3 by Barbara Baker

The Berenstain Bear’s new kitten by Stan and Jan Berenstain

The case of the scaredy cats by Crosby Bonsall

Copy cat by Olivia George

Too many cats by Lori Haskins Houran

Houndsley and Catina by James Howe

Houndsley and Catina and the quiet time by James Howe

Sam and the bag by Alison Jefferies

I see, you saw by Nurit Karlin

A bed full of cats by Holly Keller

No more TV, sleepy cat by Elliott Kreloff

Sammy’s secret by Margaret Nash

Do you like cats? by Joanne Oppenhiem

Amelia Bedelia and the cat by Herman Parish

Mr. Putter and Tabby series by Cynthia Rylant

Follow me, mittens by Lola Schaefer

Cats are like that by Martha Weston