Homer is living a quiet life with a very nice lady. One day, when his lady is not home, he falls out a window and his quiet lifestyle is lost. He travels around town trying to find a peaceful spot but he always ends up at noisy places like the fire station or the train station. Then his luck changes and he finds a place that seems quiet; there are lots of books and children's voices and then the voice of someone familiar. Can it be his very nice lady? This is the perfect story for kids who enjoy both cats and visiting the library. Sweet story of a cat who gets out of his house and ends up in the one quiet place he can find---the public library---where his owner ("the quiet lady") is a librarian! The pictures are a little too small and detailed for large story times, but would work for smaller ones. Each page has a four-line rhyme that while not great poetry will be fun to read aloud. This will be a nice companion to the picture book "Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library!" by Vicki Myron.***I was just re-reading this before story time and noticed that in the picture where the librarian is reading a book (presumably to the little kids in front of her), the book is Der Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann. Originally written in 1845, and full of stories of what happens to naughty children, I can't think of a more inappropriate book for modern day story times! I'm not sure if the illustrator did this on purpose to be funny? I still like this book but now I have to wonder, is the nice librarian reading them the charming verse about the little girl who played with matches and burnt to death? Or maybe the little boy who would not stop sucking his thumbs and had them cut off? If you haven't read the book, it's definitely worth checking out for its exceedingly grim little moral tales.***
What do You think about Homer, The Library Cat (2011)?
This book was cute. Not my favorite cat book.
—boones
A cat finds a quiet spot to spend his day.
—Rahn13
