In this amusing collection of animal stories told in rhyming verse you’ll find felines of all kinds, from pet cats to wild cats both real and fanciful, along with a few beloved dogs. Meet a cat who needs encouragement to take a bath, a clever math-whiz cat, a sleepy cat dreaming of catching goldfish, a leopard on a shopping trip, cats with catitude, tigers, jaguars, lions, a leopard, a lynx, and an ocelot more. These poems will become pet favorites to read aloud and treasure.
Jeffry Glover has a hankering for catchy rhymes and all things whimsical in 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems…. While he admits to drawing inspiration from many sources, such as William Blake and Edward Lear, to name a few, this reviewer would like to add Ogden Nash to the list since Glover has a way of occasionally yet succinctly weaving in fabricated words as well as the element of surprise....Quill says: An enjoyable read from end to end, 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems opens readers to the fascinating world of felines.
9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems…combines Jeffry Glover's experience as an author and educator in a collection replete with feisty tales of catitude, fanciful pet troubles, and life lessons…. There's a logical progression to the chapters and poems…. Each topic receives nine sets of rhyming poems of nine poems each, in keeping with a cat's nine lives. The combination of whimsy, feline insights, and varied, rollicking poetic structures will make 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems appealing not just to young readers absorbing poetry and its relevance for the first time, but to all ages who harbor an affection for rhyme, felines, and fascinating observations of pets and their quirky importance to human lives.
***** 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems is quite simply pure fun.… delightfully purrfect!... Any pet owner or animal lover will enjoy this lively and often humorous look at the world according to cats (and dogs).
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Announcing the release of 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems by Jeffry Glover from Poems for Pleasure Press coming October 1, 2019!
Enjoy Amusing and Engaging Pet Adventures with Whimsical Wordplay!
Stoughton, Wisconsin August 23, 2019
Poems for Pleasure Press presents an eclectic collection of animal stories told in rhyming verse from award-winning author Jeffry Glover. Here you’ll find felines of all kinds, from pet cats to wild cats both real and fanciful, along with a few beloved dogs. Meet a cat who needs encouragement to take a bath, a clever math-whiz cat, a sleepy cat dreaming of catching goldfish, a leopard on a shopping trip, cats with catitude, tigers, jaguars, lions, a lynx, and an ocelot more. These poems will become pet favorites to read aloud and treasure. Jeffry Glover, winner of a Robert Frost Foundation national poetry award and a top ten Outstanding Leader in Education award, creates delightful rhyming poems and tales in verse. He draws upon his experience as a school librarian, language arts teacher, book editor, and library games inventor to produce collections of verse that are in turn whimsical, humorous, heartwarming, serious, and fun to read. As a reading promotion and library products developer, his work has reached millions of children and adults on three continents to encourage reading and the use of libraries. In retirement he is publishing multiple volumes of poetry and rhyming tales, continuing these endeavors.
The pre-sale date is September 10, 2019, and the page count is 160. Distributed by Ingram Content Group as hardcover, softcover, ebook, and from Audible the audiobook. Available from the Publisher’s website bookstore and fine booksellers everywhere.
Trade paperback US $14.99. Categories: Poems, Humor, Pets.
ISBN: 9781948854016, printed in the United States.
Contact: Jeffry Glover, Publisher, Poems for Pleasure Press, Email:
contact@PoemsforPleasurePress.com.
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