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Three Stories
Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Cat
Here kitty, kitty! Would you like to hear a story? Here is a chance to cozy up with your cat and treat her to three new stories written just for felines. If your cat likes to wake up early--very early--then she'll think this book is the cat's meow. Sara Swan Miller and True Kelley, author and illustrator of Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat, have again joined forces to create three new and hilarious adventures that will have readers everywhere happily purring. So do your cat a favor and read her this book. Just remember to pet your pet while you read!
48 pages, ebook
First published March 26, 2002
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July 6, 2021
My cat Tulip enjoyed these stories, too.
September 29, 2014
Another classic read with my Meg.
June 3, 2019
This one wasn’t as good at the first one, but the art is still very cute and the cat behavior is very accurate.
October 14, 2025
Very fun and silly. I *need the first book.
*"Need" is misused. "Want" should be substituted.
*"Need" is misused. "Want" should be substituted.
February 1, 2016
Cute stories, although I found the "you" and "your friend" POV to be a little awkward--probably largely because most books are not written in the second person.
I was a little bothered by the fact that the second story was (in part) about letting a cat outside. Yes, I recognize this was supposed to be fiction and fun, but I'm a firm believer that cats live longer healthier lives if they are not permitted outside and it bothered me that a children's book was promoting letting your cat out.
I did read the stories to my cats. We had two readings, a downstairs reading (which the dogs also attended) and an upstairs reading. The dogs were more excited than the cats. I guess that's true in general.
Overall, I think the concept of creating a book for a child to read to his/her pet is a unique and fun way to encourage reading.
I was a little bothered by the fact that the second story was (in part) about letting a cat outside. Yes, I recognize this was supposed to be fiction and fun, but I'm a firm believer that cats live longer healthier lives if they are not permitted outside and it bothered me that a children's book was promoting letting your cat out.
I did read the stories to my cats. We had two readings, a downstairs reading (which the dogs also attended) and an upstairs reading. The dogs were more excited than the cats. I guess that's true in general.
Overall, I think the concept of creating a book for a child to read to his/her pet is a unique and fun way to encourage reading.
July 28, 2012
I liked this one! I thought the premise was cute. I enjoyed the three stories: "Happy Birthday," "Funny White Stuff," and "Breakfast Time." In the first story, the cat has a birthday. The cat just hates almost all the presents she receives. Some of them she just finds pointless, others frighten her, others make her super-super mad. But the present she likes most of all is the rustling paper that wrapped them all. The second story was about the cat discovering snow. The third one was about a cat impatiently waiting for her breakfast. I think I liked the last one--the one about breakfast--best of all.
April 12, 2012
This was cute; I think if I hadn't had my expectations read by "Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat," I would probably have been more happy with this one. Somehow these stories seemed somewhat pedestrian compared to, for example, "The Yummy Bug." But kids (and perhaps cats) would still enjoy it, I'm sure!
September 22, 2016
Awkward use of second-person POV doesn't read well. These stories aren't quite as good as the first volume:
Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat, by this same author and illustrator.
Recommend reading that one instead, though diehard cat fans will want to indulge in both.
Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat, by this same author and illustrator.
Recommend reading that one instead, though diehard cat fans will want to indulge in both.
October 21, 2010
Adorable. I would have loved to read this to my unruly kitty cat when I was a kid.
March 8, 2016
These books are so cute! They would be super-fun for little readers to read aloud -- to their cats!
July 23, 2013
Great transitional series for my second graders.
April 7, 2017
As Sara Swan Miller explains in her introduction to this collection, cats sleep a lot because they get bored a lot. Since you and I know that reading books is one of the best ways to counter an attack of boredom, she explains, one of the nicest things you can do for your feline friend when boredom has flattened him on the couch is to entice your cat onto your lap and with a soft voice and gentle petting read him a story. After all, “Cats always like to hear stories about themselves.”
It turns out that pretend cats also like to hear stories about cats, which is why I found myself yesterday afternoon with a preschooler and a purring grey tabby competing for space on my lap while we read this book.
This was particularly remarkable, because Cozy generally goes out of his way to avoid storytime. But now that we’ve repeated this experiment several times, I can safely describe this collection of stories as literary catnip for the finicky cat. So long as your lap has a bit of space, a cat is sure to climb into it and listen when you crack open this book.
Given the repeated demands from both real and pretend felines for encore performances, it’s fortunate that Miller’s stories are fun to read. Miller and True Kelley, the illustrator, certainly know their cats. They portray our feline overlords with an affectionate teasing tone that makes this collection of stories as fun for the parent to read as it is for the child and her preferred pet to hear.
Which is why The Four-Year-Old and I have had this book in nearly constant rotation in our storytime sessions ever since we first checked it out of the library. And why I’m going to encourage my childless cat-loving readers out there to check out this book at their local library whenever you are in need of a chuckle or two. Whether or not you have a child is not the key ingredient for enjoying this book. Having (or having had) a cat is.
PSST, dog lovers: There’s no need to feel left out, Sara Swan Miller also has at least two books full of stories you can read to your dog.
It turns out that pretend cats also like to hear stories about cats, which is why I found myself yesterday afternoon with a preschooler and a purring grey tabby competing for space on my lap while we read this book.
This was particularly remarkable, because Cozy generally goes out of his way to avoid storytime. But now that we’ve repeated this experiment several times, I can safely describe this collection of stories as literary catnip for the finicky cat. So long as your lap has a bit of space, a cat is sure to climb into it and listen when you crack open this book.
Given the repeated demands from both real and pretend felines for encore performances, it’s fortunate that Miller’s stories are fun to read. Miller and True Kelley, the illustrator, certainly know their cats. They portray our feline overlords with an affectionate teasing tone that makes this collection of stories as fun for the parent to read as it is for the child and her preferred pet to hear.
Which is why The Four-Year-Old and I have had this book in nearly constant rotation in our storytime sessions ever since we first checked it out of the library. And why I’m going to encourage my childless cat-loving readers out there to check out this book at their local library whenever you are in need of a chuckle or two. Whether or not you have a child is not the key ingredient for enjoying this book. Having (or having had) a cat is.
PSST, dog lovers: There’s no need to feel left out, Sara Swan Miller also has at least two books full of stories you can read to your dog.
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