Whether your child loves cats or rhythmic, rhyming language, or both, he or she will clamor for repeated readings of this classic by fine artist Wanda Gág.

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The little old woman tells her little old man that she is lonely and would like a pretty little cat. He sets out to find her one, and instead comes across a hill with 'hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.' He tries to choose just one, but he keeps seeing another and another that is just as beautiful in a different way. Pretty soon, he has chosen all of them, and they follow him back home to the old woman, eating all the grass and drinking all the water along their way. The old woman, of course, is shocked, and tells her husband that they cannot support so many cats! To be fair, the couple decide to tell the cats to decide among themselves who is the prettiest, and that cat shall stay. The cats begin to quarrel so much that the old couple hides inside. When they come out, they find one scraggly little kitten whom nobody noticed because she found herself homely and did not involve herself in the quarrel. The old man and woman take her in and feed her well until she turns into the fattest, prettiest cat they have ever seen.

Wonderful story about an older man who wants to find the right cat for his wife. Amazing illustrations.

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