Millions of Cats (Gift Edition) (Picture Puffin Books) (original 1928; edition 2006)

by Wanda Gag, Wanda Gag (Illustrator)

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How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions?

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Member:	HaleyMcPherson
Title:	Millions of Cats (Gift Edition) (Picture Puffin Books)
Authors:	Wanda Gag
Other authors:	Wanda Gag (Illustrator)
Info:	Puffin Books (2006), Edition: Reissue, Paperback, 32 pages
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Tags:	Newbery Award Winner, Picture, Fiction

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Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag (1928)

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Very cute story, book doesn't fail when it promises millions of cats. Which cat will win the chance to live with the elderly couple? Will it be the cute white one? An enigmatic black one? Or maybe they will adopt them all?

A quick read that can be enjoyed in 15 minutes, go and find out! (

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chirikosan | Mar 31, 2024 |

Lowkey funny at times and has a soothing little repeating phrase about the "hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats" that I think some readers will vibe with. The art is also nice in a stark, vintage-y way, and the cats look cute. But honestly the ending makes me sad and would have as a kid, too. :( (

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deborahee | Feb 23, 2024 |

It's so fun to repeat the refrain "Hundreds of cats! Thousands of cats! Millions and billions and trillions of cats!" (

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LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |

AR: 3.5

ASSG.Library | Nov 21, 2023 |

Outlandishly hilarious. I love everything about this story! (

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RachelRachelRachel | Nov 21, 2023 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Gag, Wanda	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Persson, Lisa-Christina	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud by Janet Schulman

The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature by Jack Zipes

Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom...and Lots More Learning Fun [1999 film] by Virginia Wilkos

The Hutchinson Treasury of Stories to Read Aloud (Treasury) by Janet Schulman

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Awards

Indies Choice Book Award (Picture Book Hall of Fame – 2017)

Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1958)

Newbery Medal (Honor Book – 1929)

Notable Lists

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (2009.0194, 2009, Ages 5↑)

The Kindergarten Canon: The 100 Best Children’s Books

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Canonical title

Millions of Cats

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Original publication date

1928

People/Characters

Old Woman

Old Man

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Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Once upon a time there was a very old man and a very old woman.

Quotations

Cats here, cats there, cats and kittens everywhere, hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.

It is the most beautiful cat in the whole world, said the very old man.

"Oh, I'm just a very homely little cat, " said the kitten, "So when you asked who was the prettiest, I didn't say anything. So nobody bothered me.

So it happened that every time the very old man looked up, he saw another cat which was so pretty he could not bear to leave it, and before he knew it, he had chosen them all.

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Disambiguation notice

This book shares a same ISBN as Deep in the Forest (Picture Puffins).

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Original language

English

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