Page-Turning Bookstore Cats

September 8, 2022

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Cats and books are a comforting match. The mixture drums up idyllic ideas about sun-dappled afternoons spent within the firm of your trustworthy feline whereas enjoyable in a comfortable chair and leafing via a charming tome. So, it’s no shock {that a} rising variety of kitties have determined to additional their literary ambitions by taking over residence at unbiased bookstores throughout the nation. Here’s a highlight on a intellectual clowder of cats who love nothing greater than lounging on a pile of your favourite creator’s newest launch.

Junie B. Jones / Cat Tales

The donation-based Cat Tales used bookstore in Portland, Indiana, is linked to and was created to assist fund the Midwest Pet Refuge rescue. Junie B. Jones is a 4-year-old, affectionate lady who’s been recognized to unexpectedly leap on a number of shoulders in her time! The Cat Tales felines in residence differ, as some get adopted and others graduate to the bookstore to take their place. Junie is at present hoping to search out her endlessly residence. midwestpetrefuge.com; Facebook @MPRCatTales

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Dinah / The Dusty Bookshelf

Living on the Lawrence location of The Dusty Bookshelf in Kansas, Dinah has graduated to a figurehead position as the shop’s official mascot (and self-annointed queen). When not prowling the aisles, you’ll discover this smooth midnight feline recommending “dinahmite” accepted books to the enterprise’s visiting bibliophiles. dustybookshelf.com/lawrence; Facebook @The Dusty Bookshelf – Lawrence

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Tiny the Usurper / Community Bookstore

Tiny the Usurper is taken into account bookstore cat royalty. This runt of the litter ended up being adopted by the Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, New York. Tiny has since gone on to assert co-ownership of the enterprise (together with billing himself because the “fiercest predator in Park Slope” on his social media shops). Tiny’s beneficial studying picks embody the charmingly titled On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (by Timothy Snyder) and just a little tome known as Of Mice and Men authored by John Steinbeck. communitybookstore.web

Emma / Recycle Bookstore

Emma heads up a clowder of kitties who roam across the Recycle Bookstore in San Jose, California. Described by store insiders as a “sassy sweetheart,” this fluffed-up, black kitty favors hanging across the thriller part of the shop — though curious browsers needs to be forewarned that Emma exhibits little tolerance towards being scooped up. recyclebookstore.com; Facebook @recyclebookstore

Huck and Finn / From My Shelf Books and Gifts

The 40,000 used books piled up within the Wellsboro, Pennsylvania-based From My Shelf Books & Gifts are overseen and cataloged by a few kitties named Huck and Finn. Taking their native literary fame to a wider viewers, the duo has subsequently been honored by the shop’s proprietor and youngsters’s creator Kevin Coolidge in a fiction e-book that particulars their adventures within the emporium over the course of a day. wellsborobookstore.indielite.org; Facebook @HoboBookstoreCat

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Apollo and Zeus / Iliad Bookstore

Apollo and Zeus are brothers who got here to dwell on the Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood, California, on the younger age of simply 8 weeks previous. The pair’s backstory includes being born within the litter of a homeless individual’s feline. When not snoozing within the non-fiction new arrivals cubbyhole, tabby Zeus is probably going leaping onto the shoulders of unsuspecting clients whereas the blonde Apollo prefers to zip up and down the shop’s ladders. iliadbooks.com; Instagram @iliadbookshop

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