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Garfield's Longest Catnap
Garfield dreams he has slept for fifty years. Things are not the same when he wakes up!
24 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1989
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Jim Davis
2,357 books640 followersJames Robert "Jim" Davis is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield. Other comics that he has worked on are Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, Slapstick, and a strip about Mr. Potato Head.
Jim Davis was born in Fairmount, Indiana, near Marion, where he grew up on a small farm with his father James William Davis, mother Anna Catherine (Carter) Davis, brother Dave, and 25 cats. Davis' childhood on a farm parallels the life of his cartoon character Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a farm with his parents and a brother, Doc Boy. Jon, too, is a cartoonist, and also celebrates his birthday on July 28. Davis attended Ball State University. While attending Ball State, he became a member of the Theta Xi fraternity. He earned the dubious honor of earning one of the lowest cumulative grade point averages in the history of the university, an honor incidentally shared with Late Show host David Letterman.
Davis as of 2007 resides in Muncie, Indiana, where he and his staff produce Garfield under his company, Paws, Inc., begun in 1981. He was married to Carolyn, a singer and elementary teacher whom he met while both were attending college, and has a son named James with her. However, the couple divorced, and Davis since 2000 has been married to Jill, Paws' senior vice president of licensing, who has worked there approximately 25 years.
Ironically, Davis did not own cats when he started Garfield because of Carolyn's allergies, but they owned a Labrador retriever named Molly. With Jill, the family has expanded to include children Ashley and Chris; three grandchildren, Chloe, Carly and Cody; cats, Spunky and Nermal; and a dog, Pooky.
Jim Davis was born in Fairmount, Indiana, near Marion, where he grew up on a small farm with his father James William Davis, mother Anna Catherine (Carter) Davis, brother Dave, and 25 cats. Davis' childhood on a farm parallels the life of his cartoon character Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a farm with his parents and a brother, Doc Boy. Jon, too, is a cartoonist, and also celebrates his birthday on July 28. Davis attended Ball State University. While attending Ball State, he became a member of the Theta Xi fraternity. He earned the dubious honor of earning one of the lowest cumulative grade point averages in the history of the university, an honor incidentally shared with Late Show host David Letterman.
Davis as of 2007 resides in Muncie, Indiana, where he and his staff produce Garfield under his company, Paws, Inc., begun in 1981. He was married to Carolyn, a singer and elementary teacher whom he met while both were attending college, and has a son named James with her. However, the couple divorced, and Davis since 2000 has been married to Jill, Paws' senior vice president of licensing, who has worked there approximately 25 years.
Ironically, Davis did not own cats when he started Garfield because of Carolyn's allergies, but they owned a Labrador retriever named Molly. With Jill, the family has expanded to include children Ashley and Chris; three grandchildren, Chloe, Carly and Cody; cats, Spunky and Nermal; and a dog, Pooky.
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April 17, 2020
This is Rip Van Winkle but With good old Garfield.
March 24, 2017
Garfield, everybody's favourite orange cat, loves to sleep, loves to eat and absolutely hates working out.
So it is no surprise to find him asleep as the book begins and dreaming of a magic land of food, ice-cream cones, cookies, hot fudge, and his favourite food, lasagne.
The dog Odie spoils his slumber by waking him up while Jon, his owner, states that Garfield reminds him of the story of Rip Van Winkle who slept for 20 years. Garfield feels that 20 years is not enough and that he could sleep for 50 years and only then would he feel really rested.
After a horrible salad lunch he raids the refrigerator at night and steals some left-over pizza, after eating which he nods off once more.
When he wakes the next morning after what he called 'a terrific catnap', everything has changed and Garfield is in for plenty of shocks when a robotic mail carrier arrives in the domed city in which he found himself. There are 500 channels on the video system and wall to wall televisions, all of them showing exercises. Garfield is far from impressed.
Jon and Odie take him into the kitchen where computers abound that serve up food. Garfield presses a button for two hundred pounds of lasagne and ends up with a pill; a request for ice-cream ends up similarly with a pill. Garfield decides he hates the future ... and then he wakes up to find it was all a nightmare ... and he dashes off to, well you can guess where, yes, the kitchen for proper food!
Just read it again, 23 March 2017, and Garfield still hates working out, still likes to nap and what is more still doesn't like the modern inventions he discovers when he wakes from a rather lengthy catnap! And at the end of it all he still makes his way to the kitchen to eat some proper food!
So it is no surprise to find him asleep as the book begins and dreaming of a magic land of food, ice-cream cones, cookies, hot fudge, and his favourite food, lasagne.
The dog Odie spoils his slumber by waking him up while Jon, his owner, states that Garfield reminds him of the story of Rip Van Winkle who slept for 20 years. Garfield feels that 20 years is not enough and that he could sleep for 50 years and only then would he feel really rested.
After a horrible salad lunch he raids the refrigerator at night and steals some left-over pizza, after eating which he nods off once more.
When he wakes the next morning after what he called 'a terrific catnap', everything has changed and Garfield is in for plenty of shocks when a robotic mail carrier arrives in the domed city in which he found himself. There are 500 channels on the video system and wall to wall televisions, all of them showing exercises. Garfield is far from impressed.
Jon and Odie take him into the kitchen where computers abound that serve up food. Garfield presses a button for two hundred pounds of lasagne and ends up with a pill; a request for ice-cream ends up similarly with a pill. Garfield decides he hates the future ... and then he wakes up to find it was all a nightmare ... and he dashes off to, well you can guess where, yes, the kitchen for proper food!
Just read it again, 23 March 2017, and Garfield still hates working out, still likes to nap and what is more still doesn't like the modern inventions he discovers when he wakes from a rather lengthy catnap! And at the end of it all he still makes his way to the kitchen to eat some proper food!
March 29, 2015
Garfield is always going about on different adventures. These classic children's books always offer fun and exciting stories. I love seeing all the new things this crazy cat is doing. In this story, garfield takes a surprisingly long catnap only to find some things he doesn't like about the future.
This book has very simple illustrations. The bright colors and full pages grab the readers attention and really add a lot to the story. Sometimes it takes a second look to notice some of the things the illustrated has added to the pictures.
I like this book a lot, because there is not a huge theme that you have to look for throughout the story. The book is really just reading pleasure and it is nice for kids to have those kinds of books sometimes. If there were to be any theme drawn from this book, being careful what you wish for would be the biggest one. I liked just being able to read through this book and enjoy illustrations.
This book has very simple illustrations. The bright colors and full pages grab the readers attention and really add a lot to the story. Sometimes it takes a second look to notice some of the things the illustrated has added to the pictures.
I like this book a lot, because there is not a huge theme that you have to look for throughout the story. The book is really just reading pleasure and it is nice for kids to have those kinds of books sometimes. If there were to be any theme drawn from this book, being careful what you wish for would be the biggest one. I liked just being able to read through this book and enjoy illustrations.
September 20, 2013
Garfield loves to sleep, but after a nap that lasts too long he realizes he wants to help decide things. This is a great book to try to get kids talking about their opinions.
September 24, 2014
A cute book for the Garfield lover.
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