“A long time ago, Egyptians thought cats were kings; cats have never forgotten this.”
Did you know that today is International Cat Day? What a fantastic idea, and how typically of cats to have their own special day! I don’t have a cat myself but it got me thinking about cats in literature.
Cats seem to feature quite heavily in literature, I suppose they make the perfect pets for authors when you think about it, and they are full of character and so easy to anthropomorphise.
My personal favourite is Mog, and the stories of the forgetful cat have followed me from my own childhood, into adulthood as I have passed my Mog love onto my children. I went searching today to see if I could find a reading online, and found Granny Pagham reading Mog the Forgetful Cat. It’s a lovely video, Granny could come and read to me whenever she wanted to!
Have a listen, and let us know who your favourite literary cat is.
If your own children haven’t yet enjoyed the delights of Mog the Forgetful Cat, his run in with burglars and his own theft of the odd boiled egg, then I highly recommend them. While The Tiger Who Came to Tea may be the more well known book from Judith Kerr, it’s Mog that is my personal favourite.
The Devil all the Time adaptation coming to Netflix
