Millions of Cats
Author:
Wanda Gag 
Illustrator:
Wanda Gag
Publication:
1928 by Coward-McCann, Inc.
Genre:
Fiction, Picture Books
Pages:
40
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Book Guide
An American classic with a refrain that millions of kids love to chant: Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.
Wanda Gág's enchanting tale of the very old man who went off in search of the prettiest cat in the world for his wife and returned instead with millions to choose from has become an American classic, widely recognized as the first modern picture book. First published in 1928, it was a recipient of the 1929 Newbery Honor Award and has gone on to sell over a million copies.
From the publisher
With its charming illustrations and rhythmic, singsong refrain, Millions of Cats remains as beloved today as it was when it first appeared almost a century ago.
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Wanda Gag
(Pronounced GAHG (rhymes with jog, not bag))1893 - 1946
American
Wanda Gag (1893-1946) is best known for her Newbery Honor classics, Millions of Cats and ABC Bunny. Born in New Ulm, Minnesota, the idlest daughter ... See more
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Millions of Cats
Reviewed by Sherry Early
What do I love about this book? I love the little old woman who thinks that a nice fluffy cat will assuage their loneliness. I love the little old man who agrees to travel far and wide to fulfill his wife’s desire. I love all of the cats, covering the hills in the distance and in the foreground sitting, pouncing, cavorting, and even one dancing on its hind legs. And I even love the rather violent solution to the problem of too many cats where the old couple are left with just one very special, pretty cat. I spent some time as a child trying to figure out how all of those cats could eat each other up with only one little non-fighting cat remaining. I never did understand it, which just made the book more beautifully mysterious.
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