Cat Confidential
  by Vicky Halls
  Published by Bantam Press, priced £14.99
  Vicky Halls is well known to delegates who have attended the FAB Annual Conference over the past few years. Brought back regularly by popular demand, she is always enlightening, sympathetic, sensible and often very amusing. Reading her new book, Cat Confidential (what a great title!) is like being able to take Vicky home after a conference and listen to her for a few hours more. It has the same approach as her talks - a fascination for feline behaviours, from the normal to the bizarre, and a sympathy for all the owners of her cases, whether they too are normal or bizarre. One of her great appeals is her ability to say that she, even with all of her experience, finds a case mystifying or even frightening and how she has learned from her work over the years, including her own mistakes. Saying she is sensible may sound boring, but sometimes it takes courage to say that perhaps some owners have too many cats or that being too obsessed with your cat can be unhealthy and the making of an unhappy cat. A great book for anyone fascinated by felines.
Claire Bessant, Chief Executive, Feline Advisory Bureau.
 
  If Your Cat Could talk - a language course for humans
  by Dr Bruce Fogle    
  Published by DK Publishing (£9.99 paperback)    
  Swizzle, a cat from Canterbury who lives with FAB Director, Kim Horsford, reviews:
  As an often misunderstood feline (never by my fellow cats though), I sometimes wish I could explain myself in human terms and now Dr Bruce has done some of it for me. This book is full of photos of us fabulous felines that provide great insight into how we express ourselves
whilst never failing to look gorgeous. The strength of this book is in exploring what makes us tick and why we are so unique – the introduction is especially good.

One of my favourite comments is that people (or other species) frequently make better companions for us than another cat – how true! If only you people would listen to this good advice there would be much less feline stress and unhappiness around. It is easy to read and the same points are often made more than once but in different contexts – helpful as you humans can be a bit slow in realising just how special and different we are.

Please take note of the advice on that very small window of opportunity you have when we are kittens if you want to turn us into people-loving, sociable and well-adjusted cats. There are very brief sections on topics like behaviour problems and training (personally I’d take issue with my people if they tried to train me with hidden mouse traps). You will probably need to supplement these areas with some extra study, but hopefully this book will inspire you to start an extensive feline library.

An excellent introduction to what it means to be feline - especially useful to those sad souls who have never lived with a cat and had to make do with other people or even dogs! Of course no need for a course on people for cats – we already know it all!
 
  The Kitten Whisperer    
  by Claire Bessant  
  Published by Metro, priced £12.99  
 

Known to all FAB members as the charity's Chief Executive, Claire Bessant is a leading authority on cats. This book enables you to make the right choice of kitten and to care for it properly.

 
       
  More Cat Tales from Moon Cottage    
  by Marilyn Edwards  
  Illustrated by Peter Warner Published by Hodder and Stoughton, priced £7.99  
 

Exquisite line drawings appear throughout this little book, which is a follow-up to The Cats of Moon Cottage.

 
       
 

Other titles:

   
  Caring for your cat and kitten    
 

The Perfect Kitten – How to raise a problem-free cat
Peter Neville, Claire Bessant

All about Your Kitten
Bradley Viner

The Complete Guide to the Kitten
Sarah Whitehead

The RSPCA Complete Cat Care Manual: The Ultimate Illustrated Guide to caring for your Cat
Andrew Edney

Natural Cat Care
Bruce Fogle

The Complete Book of the Cat
Sarah Whitehead

       
  Cat behaviour    
 

The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats
Jeffrey Masson

The Cat Whisperer – The Secret of how to talk to Your Cat
Claire Bessant

Do Cats need Shrinks?
Peter Neville

Claws and Purrs: Loving the two sides of Your Cat
Peter Neville

Why does my Cat….?
Sarah Heath

The Behaviour of the Domestic Cat
John Bradshaw

Understanding Cat Behaviour: The Complete Feline Problem Solver
Roger Tabor

The Cat Owners Questions and Answer Book: Your Top 350 Questions with 100s of Practical Solutions
Bradley Viner

The Character of Cats
Stephan Budiansky

       
  Feline health    
 

One Hundred and One Questions your Cat would ask its vet: If your Cat could talk
Bruce Fogle

RSPCA What's up with My Cat?
Bruce Fogle

Robinson's Genetics for Cat Breeders and Veterinarians
Carolyne Vella, et al

Good Care for Cats: How to Keep your Cat in Perfect Health
Claire Bessant, Bradley Viner

A-Z of Cat Diseases and Health Problems
Bradley Viner

       
  Gift ideas    
 

Unadulterated Cat
Terry Pratchett

101 Favorite Cat Poems

The Secret Life of Cat Owners
Bruce Fogle

One Hundred Ways to a Happy Cat
Celia Haddon

One Hundred Ways for a Cat to Train its Human
Celia Haddon

One Hundred Ways for a Cat to Find its Inner Kitten
Celia Haddon

How to Read your Cat's Mind: Purring Matters
Celia Haddon

   
  Books for children    
 

Wild Cats of the World Colouring Book
John Green

Cats
Anna Milbourne, Emma Helbrough (Usborne Beginners Series)

Mog
illustrated by Judith Kerr (series)

Orlando the Marmalade Cat
illustrated by Kathleen Hale (series)

The Cat in the Hat
Dr Seuss

The Cat Who Got Carried Away
Allan Ahlberg

Thomasina
Paul Gallico

Jennie
Paul Gallico

       

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