The Cats' Burglar (Avon Camelot)
by Peggy Parish
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Aunt Emma's nine cats prove that there aren't too many of them when they catch a burglar.Tags
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This old woman has a bunch of cats. When she went to bed one night the cats followed her to the bedroom. The cats woke up and they woke up the woman, then they hear a sneeze, when the woman got up she counted the cats she counted 7 of them and noticed that the new kitten baby bear was missing.. she called the police and told them that there was a burglar. He was allergic to cats. The police came and arrested the burglar and 2 children brought her a new kitten
My all-time-favorite book as a kid. It still makes me smile when I read it
Aunt Emma finds out how lucky she is to have so many cats when she hears a noise in the night.
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Peggy Parish was born in Manning, South Carolina on July 14, 1927. She attended the University of South Carolina and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. While visiting her brother in Kentucky, Parish was persuaded to enter the teaching profession. After teaching creative dancing to young children, she moved to Oklahoma and taught third show more grade in the Panhandle, in addition to teaching dance and producing community shows. Parish's first book, My Golden Book of Manners, was published in 1961, followed by Let's Be Indians in 1962. A parent of one of the students, who was an editor of adult books, found out she was trying to break into the writing field and introduced her to an editor at Harper who helped improve her skills as a storyteller. This, of course, led to her biggest breakthrough, the creation of Amelia Bedelia in 1963. Parish eventually wrote 11 more Amelia Bedelia books as well as a number of mystery novels, and arts and crafts books. Among these other titles are Haunted House, Dinosaur Time, The Chimp That Went to School and Let's Celebrate: Holiday Decorations You Can Make. In addition to writing books, Parish did television pieces on preschool education and children's books, wrote book review columns and led a number of in-service training workshops for teachers. Parish died of an aneurysm on November 19, 1988. Her nephew, Herman Parish, continues to recreate new titles in the Amelia Bedelia series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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