Love cats? (I’m a Cat Lady and proud of it.) Then you’ll love the book I Knead My Mommy and Other Poems by Kittens. This adorable little book, from Chronicle Books, is written by New York Times best-selling author, Francesco Marciuliano who, after his two cats passed away, channeled his grief into poetry writing and cartoons. You may be familiar with his books, I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats and I Could Chew on This and Other Poems by Dogs.
Cat lovers (and everyone else too) will love I Knead My Mommy and Other Poems by Kittens not only for the humorous poetry but for the adorable pictures of kittens on many of the book’s pages.
As an admitted Cat Lady I know that cats are at least as smart as dogs (no hate mail, please. I love dogs too and am currently the beloved alpha to the cutest little Coton de Tulear in the entire universe, Miss Sophie Coton. Fan her on Facebook. She’s very funny.) If cats could speak – and you’ll never convince me that they can’t – they’d write confessional poetry for sure.
I received a review copy of I Knead My Mommy and Other Poems by Kittens and was delighted with it after seeing the cover and turning the first few pages. There are many gems to be found within this little book. Here’s one that resonates with me since I just rescued a kitten from a life outside:
Forfeit
Remember that time?
That first time?
That glorious
Magical
Wonderful time
When I begged and begged and begged
And you gave in to me?
Yeah
You might as well have signed over
The lease to your house to me that day
What is it they say? A cat makes a home in your heart. Francesco Marciuliano surely understands that when you love a cat, you love it for all its perfection and faults. You love it despite the hairballs, the fragile knick knacks that meet their death in a losing game of Bombs Away. You love it despite the fact that it goes to the bathroom in a box in your house and leaves a trail of litter after it does. You love it despite the fur on all the furniture and every article of your clothing. You love it even though it wakes you with a paw on your face (often with barely sheathed claws) every morning at 6 a.m. You love it when it sleeps on top of your head and kneads your hair each night. You love its delicate and amazing paws, the way it stretches its leg like a ballerina when it bathes itself. You love its little nose and the beautifully-shaped pads on its feet. You love its purr and its meow. Francesco Marciuliano understands this and his book, I Knead My Mommy and Other Poems by Kittens will win your heart.
Buy one for yourself and another for a cat-loving friend (or two.) This little treasure of a book is sure to delight the Cat Ladies of the world – and even those who aren’t.
Get I Knead My Mommy and Other Poems by Kittens here …
And here are Francesco Marciuliano’s other books …
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