Space Cat

by Ruthven Todd

Book Overview

"An amusing combination of comical cat story and science fiction for the youngest fans, made even more amusing by the artist's interpretation of a cat in a space suit." -- Horn Book
A little gray kitten with a taste for adventure stows away on an airplane, and the daring stunt turns out to be his first step toward becoming ... Space Cat The plane's pilot, Captain Fred Stone, names his fuzzy new friend Flyball and welcomes him to an experimental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486822729
• ISBN13: 9780486822723
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5

Customer Reviews

"Space Cat " stories are superb!!!

The "Space Cat" series is my most favorite reading from my Elementary school years!!! I, too, renewed as often as permitted, read them to my cousins, and whoever else would listen. As an adult, I've read them to my children, and have been searching for a way to have them as part of our family library. This is great!!!

In the hope that the series is reissued.

Space Cat, Space Cat Visits Venus, Space Cat Meets Mars, and Space Cat and the Kittens, are all favorites from my childhood, and my adulthood. I rechecked them to read to my children and would like to have the rest to keep my copy of Space Cat company in my private library and to share with my grandchildren.

A moving story read as a child and never forgotten.

I have been searching for the book "Space Cat Meets Mars" for decades. If "Space Cat" is the same book, I read it in the 1960's when in elementary school, and renewed it as many times as the library would allow. As the years passed, I never forgot what an incredible impact this story had on me as a child. Now after more than 30 years, I don't recall precisely the story line or details, yet I do recall the book as part of a fond childhood memory.

And here I thought I was the only one...

I, too, read Space Cat as a child, and have never forgotten it. I fully intend to purchase a copy now that I know it's back in print. Several years ago I found a lapel pin of a cat in a space suit which reminded me of this book. The pin is now a fixture on my coat, and this book will forever be a fixture on my bookshelf...and in my heart.

Space Cat rules!

I loved this book as a child -- even though by then Neil Armstrong's real life adventures had made the science fiction obsolete. A good story is a good story, and kids will love the brave and resourseful cat.