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Captains of the City Streets by Esther Averill
Category: Classics
Captains of the City Streets is another trip into the world of the legendary Cat Club of Greenwich Village. Two adventurous young cats-Sinbad and the Duke-are best friends who share a "trampish love of the free and easy life." They travel together, away from the tall buildings of the north, in search of ...Show more
Jenny Goes to Sea by Esther Averill
Category: Classics
In Jenny Goes to Sea, our heroine makes her passage on the good ship Sea Queen with her master, Captain Tinker, and her adopted brothers, tiger cat Edward, and black-and-white cat Checkers. Once on board, they meet the adventurous ship's cat, Jack Tar. Leaving New York's harbor, the friends travel to Af ...Show more
Jenny and the Cat Club by Esther Averill
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Jenny's Cat Club
In Greenwich Village an orphaned black cat- the beguiling Jenny Linsky- lives happily with Captain Tinker, a retired sea-captain. Jenny longs to join the local Cat Club, whose members include Madame Butterfly, the fancy dancer Macaroni, and stately, plump Mr. President. But can she prove that she, too, ...Show more
Jenny's Birthday Book by AVERILL ESTHER
Category: Children's
It's a big day for Jenny Linsky, the shy little black cat of Greenwich Village, when her brothers, Checkers and Edward, take her out for her birthday. They pick up her notorious friends along the way, including the twins Romulus and Remus, who have brought a special present, and Pickles, the Fire Cat, w ...Show more
Jenny's Moonlight Adventure by Esther Averill
Category: Classics | Series: Jenny's Cat Club Ser.
At nine o'clock The Cat Club will convene to celebrate this wondrous Halloween night in Jenny's Moonlight Adventure. All the cats, from twins Romulus and Remus through to the wise Solomon, have been looking forward to this evening. The high point of the party is to be the nose flute performance by the P ...Show more
The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
Category: Classics | Series: I Can Read! - Level 1
In 1957, Harper published its first I Can Read title, Little Bear, written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Large type, simple vocabulary, chapter-like divisions, and decorative pictures made Little Bear perfect for emerging readers
The Hotel Cat by Esther Averill
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Jenny's Cat Club
One wintry day a lonely stray cat wandered into the Royal Hotel. He chased mice so well that he was given the job of Hotel Cat. Tired of always spending time in the cellar Tom ventured upstairs and met the gentle Mrs. Wilkins, a longtime hotel resident who had the ability to communicate with cats. She e ...Show more
The School for Cats by Esther Averill
Category: Classics
Jenny Linsky, the famous little black cat of Greenwich Village, has never been to school before. When her master, Captain Tinker, sends her to a boarding school in the country to learn the special knowledge of cats--manners and cooperation--she is a little afraid, among strangers, and so far from home. ...Show more
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