WOW! It's Wordy on Wednesday with Biblio-Kitty Amber #71 featuring Tommy's New Friend

Welcome To

With me, Amber ~ The Self-Appointed Biblio-Kitty

Supurr salutations fellow feline book lovers

*wavy paws*

And how lovely it is to be back aftur my summer break, although I must say that my return is somewhat under a heavy cloud - if mew missed Sunday's post, I think mew should check it out as our valiant leader Commander Basil is furry poorly.

I was going to postpone my return but Basil said no.

Basil said and I quote, "Amber the blog must go on, your fans need mew and will have missed mew terribly offur the summer jolly holly's!" 

So I nodded and dutifully got on with my post, in spite of the fact that we are all utterly devastated and terribly upset right now, and as mew can imagine we can't really think about anything else at the moment... we'll keep mew updated on Basil in the coming days.

Though now, let's lighten the heaviness with some library news. Just before I wrapped up fur the summer jolly's Austin Macauley Publishers from New York emailed me to ask if I'd like to review a newly released children's kitty poetry book, well, of course, I jumped at the oppurrtunity as mew know I've only reviewed one other poetry book and I thought it was about time fur another, so that's what I'm sharing with mew today!

In other library news, I finally got some library cards made, so if mew would like to join my exclusive library, just shout, well actually email me at deardrbasil @ gmail . com with Library Card in the subject line and your name plus a nice picture and I'll send mew one.

And finally before we get to my review, mew know that The Pet Parade has now moved to Wednesdays, the link-up is below aftur my review, so don't furget to hop around the wurld with us today and join in the fun.

And now I think it's time to share this weeks book.

Tommy's new Friend

by

Peony

**Furstly I have to let mew all know that I was given a free copy of this book in exchange fur a fair review**

Here's the book blurb:

This was to be one of the best days of Tommy's life Though he did not know it yet He was going to meet a new friend A friend he would never forget...

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So what did I think to Tommy's New Friend? Well furstly I absolutely love the cover, it's adorable and the entire book is filled with the most gorgeous pictures to accompany the rhyming story.

It tells the tale of a young boy who finds a kitten and the subsequent adventure of how he tries to lure the kitten into the house and the friendship borne out of patience and determination to do the right thing for the little feline.

Though not a long book, its message [to me] is one of hope, kindness and never giving up - which I love.

I think it's a purrfect rainy afternoon read when the little 'uns need some entertaining. A great little gift fur kids, nieces, nephews and grandkids, and I imagine all the more fun if it's read aloud.

Would I recommend this to mew my pawesome readers? Yes I would because it's one of those fun little books mew can read time and time again and still love it as much as the furst time. 

I'd like to say furry many thanks to Austin Macauley fur sending me a copy of Tommy's New Friend, thanks so much guys, I loved it! 

Tommy’s New Friend, published by Austin Macauley, was released on March 31, 2018. Price: $8.99 ISBN: 9781641821568. It is available in Amazon, Barnes & Noble as well as other bookstores around the country. For more information, please visit: www.austinmacauley.com/us.

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• Paperback: 27 pages
• Age Range: 3 - 8 years
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers USA (30 Mar. 2018)

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

Tommy's New Friend

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I do hope mew enjoy this book if mew decide to give it a try... 

...and if mew've read it already, I do hope mew enjoyed it.

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Sadly it's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-now as mew know the drill, so many books, so little time and I'll be back next week with another specially paw-picked book just fur mew. And don't furget that all my previous reviews can be found on my Book Review page.

Happy reading or listening

Bestest biblio purrs and kitty kisses

Amber xox

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Wordy on Wednesday with Biblio-Kitty Amber #66 featuring I Could Pee On This and i got a new job, but then i had to quit!

Welcome To

With me, Amber ~ The Self-Appointed Biblio-Kitty

Supurr salutations pawesome furriends

*waves paw*

My week started like this...

Great news beautiful furriends, I've got another part-time job; I'm now the lighthouse keeper at BB HQ!

Yes I know what mew're all thinking; but mew don't live by the sea.  While this is technically true, we do have a small body of water and who knows when an inter-dimensional time-rift will open and some random ship will appear in the pond from the Purrmuda Triangle! MOL

But seriously, the frogs need a safe harbour when the weather is bad and I'll be there to make sure all is well in their wurld. And the frogs are paying me to keep them safe, from what who knows, but I need cash4books, so there was no way I was turning that oppurrtunity down especially since the Pole Dancing club is temporarily closed fur a refurb due to the weirdo badgers and cheapskate weasels getting into a bit of scuffle on Caturday night, and Amazon Affiliates is pants - but I already knew that.  

So what turned out to be a crappy start to the week, actually became fabulous because now I only have to amble out of the patio doors down to the pond, it's a 30-second commute and I have requested a new bed fur while I'm on watch which conforms to all health and safety protocols. And I get a decent hourly rate which will enable me to purrchase at least one book purr shift, can't get better than that can mew?

And then this happened...

 Basil asked me what I was doing, so I explained and then he said, I was being paid protection money as the frogs are assisting the kittens in raiding our catnip and catmint crop, appurrently the frogs are their lookout team to let them know the coast is clear...

Obviously I had to quit immediately due to a huge conflict of interests and our rapidly disappearing green crop, and then I gave the frogs a piece of my mind.

"Look here Mister Frog!" I said sternly. "Mew didn't tell me mew were the lookout crew fur the kittens!"

"B... b... b...." Mister Frog began.

"Oh shut up!" I snapped. "If mew continue to assist them I'll be putting in a proposal to turn the pond, aka your home into a sandpit, so mew, your family and your spawn will be homeless, what do mew think to that?"

I actually think I was a bit harsh as the frog started to cry, his family started to cry, I started to feel really bad and then the spawn started to wail. [Trust me when I say, mew neffur want to hear spawn wailing!]

"Oh fur cods sake!" I spluttered. "Stop helping the kittens and your home is safe, ok?"

"OK," Mister Frog croaked.

And so ended my career as the newest light-house keeper and my unemployment began again, a crappy mid-week blip, but I remain fureffur optimistic and just know that something will turn up soon... and so it goes... in the meantime let's check out this weeks top book pick.

This week I'm sharing

I Could Pee on This

And Other Poems by Cats

by

 Francesco Marciuliano

Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:

Cat lovers can rejoice in the quirkiness of their feline friends with these insightful and curious poems from the singular mind of house cats. In this fully illustrated book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, the author of the internationally syndicated comic strip Sally Forth helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans, With titles like 'Who Is That on Your Lap?

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As some of mew know Smooch had a little purroblem a couple of years ago with piddling in places he shouldn't and when the P.A. saw this book a few months ago she just had to buy it!  [Smooch didn't find it funny and promptly pee'd on the outside back-door mat - another item now RIP'd to the bonfire]

So anyhoo, what did I think of this little book full of fun? In one wurd, fantastic!

 It is split into sections which covers:

Family
Work
Play
Existence

The furry first poem is obviously a part ODE to Smooch, as it tells of a cat that could pee on a sweater, then on a laptop - yep that actually happened here - Smooch did not find it funny at all, but I was MOLing my fur off!  Funnily enough, the P.A. didn't find it funny being reminded about her laptop [now in silicon heaven] either - oops.

Another favourite is called 'Tripped' that was hilarious. But my purrsonal all-time favourite is; 'Bigger Cat' as I can so relate to that, and now I'm rhyming too! MOL

As mew know I can't actually share any of the poems and there's so many I would love to - due to copyright issues - but I will say this, if mew want a fun little book that mew can visit time and time again, then this is just fur mew!

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• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; 01 edition (1 Oct. 2012)

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The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

 I Could Pee On This

Offurall Enjoyment

I do hope mew enjoy this book if mew decide to give it a try... 

...and if mew've read it already, what did mew think?

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Sadly it's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-now as mew know the drill, so many books, so little time and don't furget that I'll be back next week with another specially paw-picked book just fur mew.

Happy reading or listening

Bestest biblio purrs and kitty kisses

Amber xox

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