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Post by librarylady on Mar 12, 2019 2:37:49 GMT
My students loved it, even though it is an old book.
Millions of Cats
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Post by mom on Mar 12, 2019 2:59:59 GMT
My parents had a library in their home for their grandkids. They had this book.
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Post by wasil on Mar 12, 2019 3:19:58 GMT
I have been a preschool teacher for 35 years and I read it to my students every year!
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Post by Skellinton on Mar 12, 2019 3:21:26 GMT
Yep, in my classroom library and my personal one as well. I love this book. I had no idea it was the oldest one still in print though. That is cool.
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Post by J u l e e on Mar 12, 2019 3:28:43 GMT
My best friend used to teach kindergarten and would read this to her students without telling them the title. Then she'd ask what they would title the book if they were the author. My favorite was a little boy who raised his hand and said it should be called "all them damn kitties".
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 12, 2019 4:20:25 GMT
Yup, I had it in my classroom for 28 years.
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Post by finaledition on Mar 12, 2019 4:36:34 GMT
I just saw this posted by our local bookstore’s Facebook page. I don’t know that I’ve read it, but familiar with it.
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Post by dald222 on Mar 12, 2019 4:44:30 GMT
I do not remember it.
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Post by malibou on Mar 12, 2019 6:13:58 GMT
Ds loved this book.
@j u l e e what a cute story.
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Mar 12, 2019 9:36:46 GMT
Just last week, I had a reading celebration week in my media center and I had all the teachers send me the title of the book they loved best when they were kids. I posted their favorite books around the library with the teacher's pictures and the kids loved it. Millions of Cats was my favorite!
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Post by monklady123 on Mar 12, 2019 10:10:38 GMT
Oh yes, I had this one when I was a kid. Although....I'm not sure I remember reading it to my own kids. I'll have to ask them if they remember it.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Mar 12, 2019 12:00:10 GMT
Maybe it’s the curse of the precocious reader but I seem to have skipped over a lot of childhood classics. It feels like I went from Dr. Seuss beginner books to adult novels with nothing in between.
I have never heard of this book.
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Post by lisaknits on Mar 12, 2019 12:23:10 GMT
Yes, I think my family owned this when I was a kid. I remember loving the illustrations!
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Post by corinne11 on Mar 12, 2019 12:27:22 GMT
Yes, I am pretty sure it is still on the shelf on my library! And I read it back in the 70's with our school librarian.
I must get it out and make a classic display- I know we still have Ping and I am looking for an original version of Ferdinand the bull.
Corinne
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Post by disneypal on Mar 12, 2019 12:36:56 GMT
I have never heard of it.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Mar 12, 2019 12:46:47 GMT
I never liked that book. But I did read it. The author is from southern Minnesota, so I am guessing most of the Minnesota peas will remember it.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 12, 2019 14:15:38 GMT
Maybe it’s the curse of the precocious reader but I seem to have skipped over a lot of childhood classics. It feels like I went from Dr. Seuss beginner books to adult novels with nothing in between. I have never heard of this book. I don't ever remember reading this one as a kid, either. I think I've heard of it as an adult, though. (and thank you, librarylady, for posting the link to it-- that website is going to cost me a lot of time, and I think I'll be adding quite a few books to my want-to-read list, as a result!) |
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Post by peano on Mar 12, 2019 14:20:28 GMT
I'm pretty sure my elementary school library had this book. It seems familiar, but not one of my favorites, as I was more into horses and snakes.
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Post by fredfreddy44 on Mar 12, 2019 16:14:12 GMT
That is one of my favorites. It was the inspiration for a scr  ap page I made in 2007. |
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Post by smcast on Mar 12, 2019 19:17:07 GMT
Wanda Gag is a distant relative of mine apparently. There is a nice Wanda Gag house museum in New Ulm, MN.
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Post by Anita on Mar 12, 2019 19:41:39 GMT
I haven't heard of it, but that's interesting.
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Post by internetmama on Mar 12, 2019 19:51:53 GMT
Loved as a child in the 70s and my grandson who is 4 loves now. Just bought an extra copy for his house as he was telling his Mama about the book with “hundreds and thousands and millions and billions of ants.” He meant cats but we had used the rhythmic words about ants once that we saw in real life so he got excited and confused lol. Now he likes his new copy with a “golden metal” on the front !
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Post by Scrappyhappy on Mar 12, 2019 19:58:37 GMT
Yes, I had the book in my classroom library. My kids have read it, I’m saving it for the grandkids. 😃
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Post by librarylady on Mar 12, 2019 20:30:52 GMT
My best friend used to teach kindergarten and would read this to her students without telling them the title. Then she'd ask what they would title the book if they were the author. My favorite was a little boy who raised his hand and said it should be called "all them damn kitties". That is hilarious! |
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Post by shessoaverage on Mar 12, 2019 21:41:22 GMT
Captain Kangaroo used to read that one on his show. I remember loving it! (Yes, I'm old.)
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Post by pancakes on Mar 14, 2019 11:40:54 GMT
I have the book somewhere at my parents’ house! I read it as a kid.
I remember reading reviews on it last year and people complained that the cats were actually cannibalizing each other and they didn’t realize how “horrific” the plot line was.
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Post by nysparkle on Mar 14, 2019 11:49:47 GMT
Wow what a memory jog. I was thinking I did not know the book until I saw the illustrations in the link.
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