It’s a fact that pets are good for our health. So you if you are looking to relax and de-stress, here are some wonderful books that will help you do that including the latest feline coloring book. With the holiday season coming up, they all make great gifts too!
PUSHEEN COLORING BOOK
By Claire Belton : Touchstone, $12.99
With the growing trend for adults to relax, de-stress and color pictures, this is a wonderful collection of Pusheen-inspired drawings to color in. It’s a great book for younger colorists too.
And a great hostess book if your hostess is a cat purrson.
SHOP CATS OF NEW YORK
By Tamar Arslanian and photographer Andrew Marttila : Harper Collins $14.69
The stories of some of New York’s most fabulous felines that inhabit some of city’s most legendary and coziest spots—the Algonquin Hotel, a whiskey distillery, Bleecker Street Records, and a host of yoga studios, bookstores, and bike shops in between. True New Yorkers—masters of people watching—they perch on wine crates, piles of books, and a classic hotel countertop, taking in the activity around them.A great souvenir of this amazing city. Would be an asset on the coffee table of any cat lover too.Great fun to page through!
FLYING DOGS
By Julia Christie: Touchstone $14.99
Award-winning photographer Julie Christie’s photographs of dogs in motion are quite spectacular and in most cases, very funny. The book features 120 airborne dogs of all breeds, shapes and sizes from Chihuahuas to Siberian Huskies. The book was inspired by Christie’s own dog Flinn in mid-leap.
Dog people, this one is for you!
LIFE WORKS ITSELF OUT (And Then You Nap)
By Keiya Mizuno and Naoki Nagunuma: Touchstone $14.99
This is a humorous collection of inspirational quotes coupled with photos of cats that range from heartwarming to hilarious. Wonderful light-hearted advice on some of life’s challenges from cats. What could be better!
Nice book to pick up every time you need to smile. And we all need to smile often…
MAKING THE MOST OF ALL NINE LIVES: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF BUFFY THE CAT
By Sandy Robins and Paul Smulson:Triumph Books $12.95
Yes, this is my latest book. I’ve added it to the list because Buffy is the greatest feline copycat of human behavior. His “speaks” for lots of cats with his actions and ideas. Buffy is also the spokes cat for Nation Tabby Day, held every year in April and has a growing Facebook following. You can join the Buffy movement too:
ALL books are available on Amazon and everywhere great books are sold.