Cats Love Christmas Too: A Seasonal Celebration in Poetry and Prose

Isabelle Brent. Little Brown and Company, $14.95 (28pp) ISBN 978-0-316-10694-8

This slim and small volume will probably find its way into the Christmas stockings of feline fanatics this season, even though it has little to do with the holiday. Only three of the selections allude to Christmas at all, though most make mention of winter or snow; authors range from D.H. Lawrence to Beatrix Potter. Sprigs of holly and red and green borders add a festive air to Brent's (Cameo Cats; An Alphabet of Animals) dainty, gold-leaf-accented cat portraits. All ages. (Oct.)

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