Storytime for Pets

Written by Thad Krasnesky, illustrated by David Parkins

Although National Pet Week was last week, it’s never too late to celebrate. And with the five cats from That Cat Can’t Stay, it’s sure to be quite the party!

Judith Viorst, renowned author of  Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, sent us a handwritten postcard:

Thanks for letting me see That Cat Can’t Stay. It’s an absolutely adorable book – and exactly how the Viorsts once wound up with four cats.

From Waking Brain Cells, the blog of  the Menasha library:

Recommended for cat storytimes.  This is a purr-fect readaloud for any family that finds that they too seem to collect animals. I’d even recommend it happily to dog lovers.

Grab your copy and take the stray cats out to play! An online preview of the book is available here.

That Cat Can’t Stay gets CWA Certificate of Excellence

That Cat Can’t Stay (Thad Krasnesky & David Parkins) was awarded a Certificate of Excellence in the Books for Children category by the Cat Writers’ Association, Inc (CWA). All Certificate of Excellence winners are also finalists for the CWA Muse Medallion, to be announced at the Awards Banquet on November 20^th, part of the CWA Annual Conference. Author Thad Krasnesky will be attending the Awards Banquet. We’re thrilled to share this award with Jane Yolen’s book How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Cats.