where you tend a rose

a thistle cannot grow. - frances hodgson burnett

Apart from children, animals are probably the favorite subject of many picture books, and of all the animals, perhaps none is so fun to look at as the cat. 

from Millions of Cats, by Wanda Gag

from Jenny and the Cat Club, by Esther Averill 

from The Fire Cat, by Esther Averill

Cover of Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, by T.S. Eliot, illustrations by Edward Gorey

from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel

from The Tale of Tom Kitten, by Beatrix Potter

from The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter

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9 months ago