Dear Tabby : Feline Advice on Love, Life, and the Pursuit of Mice

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Summary: A fun and witty treat for any cat lover!
Review: "Dear Tabby" is a delightful collection of letters written to a fictional feline advice columnist. The "readers" ask about everything from romance, to the raising of kittens, to dealing with humans, and even the meaning of life. Occasionally a human or even a dog will write in with a question. Tabby's witty replies are sure to make you smile. Some of the advice can even be applied to our own human lives. The questions and responses are best read in order, as sometimes (just as with real advice columns) a letter refers to a previous letter from another reader. This is a very fun little book that would make a great present for yourself or a cat-loving friend. Here's a small sampling of what you can expect:

"Dear Tabby,

The humans I live with refuse to keep my litter boxes clean. Every time I try to use them, they're a mess. They certainly don't expect ME to clean them, do they?

- Exasperated in Exeter"

"Dear Exasperated,

You could try scratching the words CLEAN ME in the litter - but you'd just wind up on CNN or in a circus. And you'd probably still have dirty litter boxes. Difficult as it is, just stop using them for a while. Find creative places around the house to use instead. (Underwear drawers often seem made for this very thing.) Your careless humans should get the hint VERY quickly." (pg. 54)

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"Dear Tabby,

How many cats would it take, lined up tail to nose, to reach from here to the moon? I don't know why I keep thinking about this question, but I'm trying to get an idea of just how far away places like the moon really are. Thanks.

- Staggered by the Immensity of It All."

"Dear Staggered,

Assuming a distance from the earth to the moon of approximately 235,000 miles, and assuming the average cat is roughly 26 inches in length from the tip of its nose to the end of its tail, it would take nearly 572,692,000 cats laid end to end to reach the moon. It would, of course, take about 300 million more of them if they were all Manxes." (pg. 30)