Clarence the Cat is the offspring of the best mousers that Sam's Sandwich Shop ever had. As a result, great things were expected of him. But alas, Clarence is a unique individual, a creature of his own, and his main peculiarity is that he simply can not stand to kill anything-- in particular mice!
Yes, Clarence is a complete pacifist and vegetarian...not a good thing to be if you are expected to earn your keep as a mouser!
Because he won't give in, Clarence is eventually turned out into the cold by the Deli owner. He has a hard time of it on the streets as people only want cats that are mousers. But to his credit, Clarence holds his ground.
At last, after a cold and hungry existence on the street, a kindly librarian takes him in. Ah! Bliss! It is nice and warm, the librarian feeds Clarence cheese and other nonmeat products, it is warm, and there are many books about with nice soft chairs to sleep in and plenty of people to talk to, pet him and keep him company.
But oh my, in every life a bit of rain must fall, and Clarence's rain storm comes the day a mouse shows up in the library...a book eating mouse!
Will Clarence do what cats are suppose to do and whack the little critter, or will Clarence stand on his principles and risk loosing it all and be thrown from his nice new home back on the cold mean streets?
Well you will have to read it to find the answer as there are no spoilers here, but I will tell you that the copy machine that Clarence sat upon most of the time played a very important role in the life of our peaceful cat. You will just have to read this one yourself as the ending is rather unique and sweet.
Clarence the Copy Cat is a well told, well illustrated tale that's a complete winner in my opinion, and I highly recommend it. The wonderful illustrations by John Manders makes this book a great group read-along, and good one-on-on read as well.
Yes, Clarence is a complete pacifist and vegetarian...not a good thing to be if you are expected to earn your keep as a mouser!
Because he won't give in, Clarence is eventually turned out into the cold by the Deli owner. He has a hard time of it on the streets as people only want cats that are mousers. But to his credit, Clarence holds his ground.
At last, after a cold and hungry existence on the street, a kindly librarian takes him in. Ah! Bliss! It is nice and warm, the librarian feeds Clarence cheese and other nonmeat products, it is warm, and there are many books about with nice soft chairs to sleep in and plenty of people to talk to, pet him and keep him company.
But oh my, in every life a bit of rain must fall, and Clarence's rain storm comes the day a mouse shows up in the library...a book eating mouse!
Will Clarence do what cats are suppose to do and whack the little critter, or will Clarence stand on his principles and risk loosing it all and be thrown from his nice new home back on the cold mean streets?
Well you will have to read it to find the answer as there are no spoilers here, but I will tell you that the copy machine that Clarence sat upon most of the time played a very important role in the life of our peaceful cat. You will just have to read this one yourself as the ending is rather unique and sweet.
Clarence the Copy Cat is a well told, well illustrated tale that's a complete winner in my opinion, and I highly recommend it. The wonderful illustrations by John Manders makes this book a great group read-along, and good one-on-on read as well.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks
- Accelerated Reading level : 2.9
- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Dragonfly Books (June 12, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 0440417252
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2 comments :
The book has a great flaw in that cats cannot be vegetarians. They are obligate carnivores. Cats require nutrients that are only found in meat. Such a book will put incorrect information about cats in the mind of children. Not a book to recommend due to this very serious flaw.
See: http://www.messybeast.com/veggiecat.htm and
http://www.catpert.com/cat-vegetarian-diet-research.html
Well, I certainly know what my cat prefers, but there's some differences of opinion amongst humans. There's the "Evolution Diet" people on the one hand, and various vets on the other.
Here's a Scientific American article. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=veggie-cat-food
But I'm not sure than the main message of this book was intended to be anti-meat, so much as just kid entertainment.
ps--Ling the Cat says 'meat, meat, meat. With maybe a bit of cheese and warm milk.'
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