Moses The Kitten

Herriot, James: MOSES THE KITTEN, New York St. Martin's Press 1984
Near Fine Peter Barrett

JUVENILE: KITTEN : 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. Unpaginated (32 pages). One of James Herriott's favorite stories, never before published in America, and now with Peter Barrett's colorful pictures. The story of a kitten found in the freezing bullrushes -- and named Moses -- because he was found in bullrushes. When he has grown big enough to join the other farm animals, Moses finds an animal and her brood who will take care of him -- a beautiful pink sow and her piglets! Glossy pictorial boards. Miniscule bumping to spine ends and corners. Book Club Edition No Jacket Hard Cover

[SW: Juvenile, Moses the Kitten, James Herriott, Illustrated By Peter Barrett, One of James Herriot's Favorite Stories. Moses the Kitten, Pigs and Piglets, Sow,]

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Herriot, James: Moses the Kitten, London Michael Joseph 1984
ISBN: 0718124472 Good Barrett, Peter

No dust jacket. Shelfwear and rubbing to covers. Small bump at top edge of both covers. A few pages are coming loose from the binding. Light pencil marks on a few pages. Bright color illustrations. Not paginated (about 32 pages). 8 1/2 by 10 3/4 inches in size. ISBN 13 - 9780718124472 . From book "Moses the Kitten is a tiny, bedraggled waif lying beside a frozen pond, when he is spotted by a kindly vet who is passing........This delightful story, taken from James Herriot's Vet in Harness, is one of the author's favourites." Hard Cover

[SW: Children, Children's Literature, Fiction, Illustrated, Cats, Animals]

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Herriot, James. Moses the Kitten. NY: St. Martin's Press, (1984).
Bottom corners bumped. . Herriot rescues a small black kitten who finds that staying in the oven a while & then joining the piglets to feed saves him..

1st ed ss, Peter Barrett. VG.

[SW: Kittens,]

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Herriot, James: THE CHRISTMAS DAY KITTEN, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. St Martins Pr 1986
ISBN: 0-312-13407-X Very Good Condition

From Publishers Weekly The noted veterinarian and storyteller recalls a Christmas morning when he was summoned to the home of Mrs. Pickering. Usually he called on her Basset hounds, but this time the woman's concern was for a mother cat that was sick. The cat, a stray that occasionally hung around at Mrs. Pickering's, had brought her kitten with her and then died. Mrs. Pickering keeps the kitten, which grows up to become a "retriever-cat," fetching balls and setting them at his mistress's feet. Portraits of Mrs. Pickering and her animals, elegantly executed by Brown, round out this story about the quiet joy of the miracle of birth. It portrays a holiday spirit usually associated with the past: that the humblest of pleasures are the ones most keenly felt. (All ages Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal K-4 A well illustrated, but very slight story from James Herriot's seemingly unending supply of anecdotes as a country vet. This is part of a series including Moses the Kitten (1984) and Only One Woof (1985, both St. Martin's Pr) . The paintings are rich in the color and texture of the Yorkshire setting, but they cannot offset the fact that there isn't much to the story itself. It concerns a rather mysterious and independent cat who frequently visits Mrs. Pickering's house. One Christmas before the cat dies, she brings her small kitten to Mrs. Pickering for care. There amongst Mrs. Pickering's two sedate basset hounds, she thrives. Later Mrs. Pickering delights in showing Herriot an amazing feat: unlike the hounds, the kitten retrieves a ball tossed by her. To Mrs. Pickering it is the best Christmas present she has ever had. It's unlikely that children will be that impressed. Hardcover 0.2 x 8.5 x 11.2 inches

[SW: CATS JUVENILE LITERATURE CHRISTMAS ENGLAND]

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