title: The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside: Based on A True Story
author: Cynthia Von Buhler
description: PreSchool-Grade 2This cumulative story, told by a redheaded, doll-like figure, features a stray feline outside a house on a cold wintry day. The woman asks the cat to come inside, but he runs away. The following day, she puts out a bowl of warm milk; the critter laps it up and leaves. Next, she leaves him a bowl of milk and a plate of tuna, but he still refuses to come in. Each day, she leaves more gifts, until the front porch is as comfortable as the inside and the cat invites the woman to come out. The simple text is enhanced dramatically by the three-dimensional-looking illustrations, which are wonderfully detailed photographs of a dollhouse and clay characters. The photos are set against parchment-colored backdrops and framed by scroll borders, giving the pages a cozy, old-fashioned look. While the tale will be fun to share, the photographs are a delight to pore over individually. Endpapers complete with claw scratches round out a package that should please everyone from cat lovers to miniature enthusiasts.<i>Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER ONE. THE VISITOR FROM THE CELLAR.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER TWO. HER BEST FRIEND.  
  
  
    
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  # The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales
  
  
  ### Amy Walton
  
  
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  Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
  
  
  
  
  
  The Kitchen Cat, and other stories, by Amy Walton.
  
  
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  There are three short stories in this little book, of which the first is by
  far the longest. Ruth is a poor little rich girl. Her mother had died some
  time before, and she lives with her father, a lawyer, and an incredibly
  stupid, though outwardly competent, Nurse. One day she discovers that there is
  a thin, unfed cat also living in the house. She befriends it, despite Nurse.
  She becomes very ill for a week o