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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats: Heartwarming and Humorous Stories about our Feline Family Members
Chicken Soup for the Loving Our Cats will delight readers with its heartwarming, amusing, inspirational, and occasionally tearful stories about our best friends and faithful companions -- our cats.We are all crazy about our mysterious cats. Sometimes they are our best friends; sometimes they are aloof. They are fun to watch and often surprise us. These true stories, the best from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s library, will make readers appreciate their own cats and see them with a new eye.
380 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 26, 2008
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Jack Canfield
1,286 books1,749 followersJack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
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January 8, 2017
I am what my friends and family affectionately call the Crazy Cat Lady. Therefore I read mostly any book on cats that I can get my hands on, so it's logical for me to pick this one up.
While I loved this book, I freely admit that it is the worst book for a cat lover to pick up because almost every story in it makes you cry, be it from joy, sorrow, or because you're laughing so hard.
Wonderful stories, but don't pick it up unless you want a good cry...
While I loved this book, I freely admit that it is the worst book for a cat lover to pick up because almost every story in it makes you cry, be it from joy, sorrow, or because you're laughing so hard.
Wonderful stories, but don't pick it up unless you want a good cry...
July 18, 2015
I skipped over all the Cat Lover's Soul stories, since I read that book some years ago. This wasn't as good as the last Chicken Soup cat book I read but, nevertheless... Cats! You can't really go wrong anyway.
May 25, 2021
In 2008, Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul helped me to cope with my heartbreak when I had to put down my sweet Prince. Thirteen years later, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats has helped to ease my heartache over losing my sweet Katy. The stories are sweet, heartwarming, and sometimes heartbreaking: but every one is about someone who understands how special it is to be loved by a cat.
August 12, 2019
This was a sweet little book but some of the recollections are kinda flat. Some are super sweet and others I have no clue why they were important to include.
For the record I skipped the last 9-10 stories because they dealt with a loss of a cat and I just can’t bring my self to go there.
For the record I skipped the last 9-10 stories because they dealt with a loss of a cat and I just can’t bring my self to go there.
March 18, 2020
Great Heartwarming stories of families and individuals love and time with their precious fur babies! It brought back many cherished memories of my beloved furs family that have passed on and made me appreciate my current fur babies even more!
October 7, 2019
How could I not love these stories?
April 11, 2020
Another heartwarming collection of stories about cats, that has been truly helpful these days.
October 31, 2023
Loved it
April 24, 2024
"The best things in life... purr."
If I had a nickel for every time there was a story in here about someone murdering all the cats inside an adoption center, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
If I had a nickel for every time there was a story in here about someone murdering all the cats inside an adoption center, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
January 7, 2013
I would have given this book 5 stars if it wasn't for a few stories that just made me go, "Really? Why was that included?" Aside from a few tales that seemed out of place, this was a really lovely collection. I especially enjoyed reading it with my cats nearby, even when my 4 month old kitten started chewing the corner of the book.
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July 31, 2015There are, as one would expect, nice short stories in this book. The end, however, breaks the good mood as they are just one tearjerker after another. While it is a fact of life that all pets die, I didn't need more than a chapter of stories to remind me. Not a good way to end. I recommend skipping the end.
February 16, 2009
After reviewing so many books about murder, terrorism and sadistic families, I was desperately in need of something uplifting. This book is definitely heartwarming and has put me back on an even keel.
April 10, 2014
I've never read any of the "Chicken Soup..." books. A friend and fellow cat lover gave me this one. It was a delight to find that the world is filled with cat lovers and future cat lovers in some cases. I laughed and cried.
September 18, 2016
A hodge podge of stories about peoples' experiences with their cats. At the time I didn't relate to it much because, as I was looking to adopt, I sought something more instructional. I'd probably like it better now.
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July 24, 2017
It was repeats of all the previous books about cats in the series.
May 4, 2016
Picked up one of these Chicken Soup for the Soul books with Cat stories and an reading each of them. Great stories, some funny, some sad, but all worth reading. Definitely recommend this book!
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September 9, 2017Excellent!
I am a cat person--love them--especially my two current ones, Ralphie and Squiggy. This is the second time that I have read this book and highly recommend it.
I am a cat person--love them--especially my two current ones, Ralphie and Squiggy. This is the second time that I have read this book and highly recommend it.
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