Dixie Kitten

by Eva March Tappan

Excerpt from Dixie Kitten

The first thing that Dixie could remem ber was of being cuddled up to some one who was soft and comfortable and gave her sweet warm milk to drink. Somehow, She knew that this was her mother, and that her mother would feed her when she was hungry and keep her warm and take care of her and not let anything hurt her.

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102 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2012

About the author

Eva March Tappan was a teacher and American author born in Blackstone, Massachusetts, the only child of Reverend Edmund March Tappan and Lucretia Logée. Eva graduated from Vassar College in 1875. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and an editor of the Vassar Miscellany. After leaving Vassar she began teaching at Wheaton College where she taught Latin and German from 1875 until 1880. From 1884–94 she was the Associate Principal at the Raymond Academy in Camden, New Jersey. She received graduate degrees in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Tappan was the head of the English department at the English High School at Worcester, Massachusetts. She began her literary career writing about famous characters in history and developed an interest in writing children books. Tappan never married.

Reviews

[Susan Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dixie Kitten is one of those short books I like to pick up and read when I cannot fall asleep, which is how I came to read it.

In this children’s book published September 1910, Dixie Kitten is “a slender little cat with the softest, silkiest black fur imaginable. . . . [with] gleams of tawny yellow. . . . Her whiskers, all except two, were jet black, but those two were snowy white. . . . Three of her paws were black and one was yellow.”

This short story begins with the birth of the kitten and her growing-up months, with Mothercat feeding Dixie Kitten, cuddling her, and swatting her when she misbehaved. The kitten grows into a cat, and without revealing most of this story, Dixie has various adventures.

There is a dog or two in this story, which I liked, and although the story hints at dogs and cats not getting along, I know that some do, and very well – such as my two dogs and my cat. Best buddies, they are.

Dixie Kitten is a cute story that is good for kids and adults alike, for it is nice escapism to a more serene world. Moreoever, Eva March Tappan wrote with such ease and smoothness that I can imagine her telling this story instead of me reading it. I found that I havethe same thoughts on her writing style when I read another book of hers, The Little Book of the Flag.



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[Sheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dixie Kitten opens with the declaration, "This is a true story about a real cat and it ends happily," which sums it up nicely. It's a little cutesy -- the humans get names like "Master," "Mistress," "Lady" and "Somebody Else" -- but not intolerably so. I should try more books by this author.

[Librarian Jessie (BibliophileRoses) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute fluffy story about the livelihood of a cat named Dixie. Fairly short, and represents it's time period.