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The Hotel Cat

The Hotel Cat

Overview

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 encouraged Tom to keep an open mind about the hotel guests.

One night, during the winter of New York City's Big Freeze, Tom detected three cats in one of the rooms. It turned out that due to a boiler breakdown in his house, Captain Tinker had brought Jenny Linsky and her brothers Edward and Checkers to stay at the hotel until the boiler was fixed. Other homes experienced boiler breakdowns too and soon other members of the Cat Club could be found staying in rooms at the Royal Hotel. Before long, plans were underway for the Cat Club Stardust Ball, with the help of Tom, who had proved himself helpful and considerate after all. Soon he became a "friend for ever" of Jenny and her pals.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781590171592
Publisher: New York Review Books
Publication date: 09/30/2005
Series: Jenny's Cat Club
Pages: 180
Sales rank: 441,555
Product dimensions: 5.68(w) x 8.77(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 5 - 9 Years

About the Author

Esther Averill (1902-1992) began her career as a storyteller drawing cartoons for her local newspaper. After graduating from Vassar College in 1923, she moved first to New York City and then to Paris, where she founded her own publishing company. The Domino Press introduced American readers to artists from all over the world, including Feodor Rojankovsky, who later won a Caldecott Award. In 1941, Esther Averill returned to the United States and found a job in the New York Public Library while continuing her work as a publisher. She wrote her first book about the red-scarfed, mild-mannered cat Jenny Linsky in 1944, modeling its heroine on her own shy cat. Esther Averill would eventually write twelve more tales about Miss Linsky and her friends (including the I Can Read Book, The Fire Cat), each of which was eagerly awaited by children all over the United States (and their parents, too).

Table of Contents

Jenny Linsky, the shy little black cat of Greenwich Village, takes an unforseen trip and discovers a wonderful new friend!

On a cold winter night the heat goes off in Jenny Linsky's house and Captain Tinker tells Jenny and her brothers Checkers and Edwards to at they will all be spending the night at the Royal Hotel. As it turns out, this is no ordinary cold snap; this is the Big Freeze. Boilers all over the city are breaking down and people and pets are crowding into the hotel. In the midst of the confusion, Jenny is delighted to encounter her old friends from the Cat Club.

Tom, the hotel cat, used to be a stray, living a tough life on the streets. One day he showed up at the Royal, and soon he was earning his keep as a mouser. But what's Tom to do when so many new cats suddenly show up on his territory? Can he trust them? His friend Mrs. Wikins has lived at the hotel for a long time and knows how to talk to cats. She persuades Tom to give the visitors a warm welcome. Which is how Tom and Jenny and members of the Cat Club all come together to put on the unforgettable gala Stardust Winter Ball!

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