Purr More, Hiss Less: Heavenly Lessons I Learned from My Cat

by Allia Zobel Nolan, Erika Oller

Readers will delight in the stunning four-color illustrations that coincide with more than one hundred pearls of feline wisdom in a charming volume that shares such tidbits as "You can't hold a grudge and play with a catnip toy," "Never covet your neighbor's cat carrier," and "Life is precious--even if you have nine of them." 25,000 first printing.

Genres: Cats, Humor

224 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2008

About the author

Allia Zobel Nolan is an internationally published, award-winning author specializing in children’s trade and religious books and adult humorous books. She has written over 150 titles, and has over 2 ½ million books in print. For the past nine years, Ms. Zobel Nolan worked for Reader’s Digest Children’s Books as a Senior Editor. She became a free-agent as of April 07, and is now at work on several religious children’s books.

Ms. Zobel Nolan has been published by Workman, Andrews & McMeel, Reader’s Digest Children’s Publishing, Barnes & Noble, Adams Media, Broadman & Holman, Zondervan, Cook, Scholastic (Veggie Tales), Concordia, Kregel, Standard Publishing, and Tommy Nelson. She has won several book awards, among them, the 2005 Mom’s Choice Award for the Most Outstanding Children’s Book for Preschoolers, an iParenting Award for Greatest Product of 2005, and the 2007 Teacher’s Choice Award.

Ms. Zobel Nolan has appeared on numerous TV shows, including Good Day New York, CNN, the Bertice Berry Show, Fox 5 "Pet Department," CBS News, Saturday Morning Live, The Channel 2 Six O’clock News; Hard Copy, the Fairfield Exchange, Westchester Channel 12, Channel 8 News New Haven, Education Notebook, and other nationally-syndicated television shows, in addition to interviews on radio, and extensive media coverage in local and national press.

Ms. Zobel Nolan is a member of the Cat Writer’s Association and Connecticut Press Club. She lives in Connecticut, with her husband, Desmond, and their three cats, Angela, Sinead, and McDuff.

She loves writing about God, cats, and for children.

- excerpted from her website

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

An adorable and humorous book of feline wisdom for cat lovers everywhere. I was delighted to find it in perfect condition at my local Goodwill store for the big price of .63¢-- I’ve found some real gems there! Anyway, this little book is certainly worth the ‘full price of admission--$16.95 US’ if you’re not able to find it used. The watercolor illustrations are great and compliment the ‘kitty’ philosophy perfectly (or should I say purr. . .fectly).