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Literary Cats Coloring Book

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By Andrew Shaffer

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This captivating coloring book will charm cat people, delight book lovers, and please pun enthusiasts and everyone in between. Perfect for fans of I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats and Writers and Their Cats.

Literary Cats Coloring Book presents 37 of everyone’s favorite literary authors reimagined as cats—Edgar Allan Poe becomes Edgar Allan Toe-Beans; Louisa May Alcott becomes Louisa May Alleycat; Jane Austen becomes Jane Pawsten; Oscar Wilde becomes Oscar Wildcat; Zora Neale Hurston becomes Zora Neale Furston, and many more. 

Alongside charming and whimsical black-and-white illustrations are short biographies about each literary hero and their connection to cats. It’s the purrfect activity for a creative afternoon spent coloring or snuggled up with your favorite furry friend.

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  • “These literary kitties are hilarious! Andrew Shaffer has provided a true delight for cat lovers and coloring-book bookworms.”
    Jeremy Greenberg, bestselling author of SORRY I BARFED ON YOUR BED (AND OTHER HEARTWARMING LETTERS FROM KITTY)
  • "It's funny, clever, and a purrfect way to introduce my daughters to famous literary geniuses like Sir Arthur Catnip Doyle while we color in his whiskers."
     
    Hugh Murphy, bestselling author of T-REX TRYING
  • "Whimsy and furballs meet in this delightful coloring book that transforms our most erudite literary scions into purring balls of personality. . . . If you’ve ever yearned for a tome that celebrates the true breadth of the feline experience, look no further than Literary Cats."
     
    Thao Thai ("Meow Thai"), author of BANYAN MOON, a Read With Jenna Book Club pick
  • "From the author of Mothman’s Merry Cryptid Christmas and the Obama-Biden Mystery series comes this funny, punny, and delightful coloring book reimagining 37 famous authors as cats, from Louisa May Alleycat to Jane Pawsten to Edgar Allan Toe-Beans, cat lovers will find a lot to enjoy – and color – here."
    Petaluma Argus-Courier

On Sale
Feb 11, 2025
Page Count
96 pages
Publisher
RP Minis
ISBN-13
9780762488872

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Andrew Shaffer

About the Author

Andrew Shaffer is the New York Times bestselling author of the Obama Biden Mysteries from Quirk Books, including the instant national bestseller Hope Never Dies. His latest novel is Feel the Bern: A Bernie Sanders Mystery (Ten Speed Press/Penguin Random House). In 2013, Shaffer published Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors (Harper Perennial), a nonfiction look at the lives of some of the writing world’s most scandalous authors, from Oscar Wilde to Ernest Hemingway. As an artist, Shaffer’s illustrations and designs have been featured in magazines such as Heavy Metal and FHM and on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. An Iowa native, Shaffer lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife, novelist and screenwriter Meg Shaffer, and two cats, MoonPie and Sweet Guillermo Jones. The cats are unpublished.

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