Esther Averill

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1) The fire cat

Author

Averill, Esther, 1902-1992

Series

I can read picture book

Language

English

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Cat Me If You Can

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A story in three parts about Pickles, a naughty kitten, until the fire department takes him in as their fire cat, where he begins to work hard.

2) Jenny's birthday book

Author

Averill, Esther, 1902-1992

Series

New York Review children's collection

Language

English

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With her brothers and her friends, the little black cat named Jenny celebrates her birthday in the park.

3) The school for cats

Author

Averill, Esther, 1902-1992

Series

New York Review children's collection

Publisher

New York Review Books

Publication Date

2005.

Language

English

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Captain Tinker sends Jenny Linsky off to boarding school for the summer, but when another student frightens her, she tries to run away.

4) Jenny and the Cat Club: a collection of favorite stories about Jenny Linsky

Author

Averill, Esther, 1902-1992

Series

New York Review children's collection

Publisher

New York Review Books

Publication Date

2003.

Language

English

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Jenny Linsky, a black cat who lives with Captain Tinker in New York City, has adventures with the neighborhood cats who belong to the Cat Club.

5) Jenny goes to sea

Author

Averill, Esther, 1902-1992

Series

New York Review children's collection

Publisher

New York Review Books

Publication Date

[2005]

Language

English

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The little black cat named Jenny, along with her brothers and their owner Captain Tinker, sails around the world on a ship called the Sea Queen.

6) Jenny's moonlight adventure

Author

Averill, Esther, 1902-1992

Series

New York Review children's collection

Publisher

New York Review of Books

Publication Date

[2005]

Language

English

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On Halloween night when Madame Butterfly slips down the drainpipe, hurts her paw, and loses her nose flute, Jenny bravely volunteers to return her friend's beloved flute, even at the risk of being captured by dogs.

7) The hotel cat

Author

Averill, Esther, 1902-1992

Series

New York Review children's collection

Publisher

New York Review Books

Publication Date

[2005]

Language

English

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Relates the rise of Tom, the hotel cat, from catcher of mice in the cellar to successful upstairs cat in charge of the hotel's guest cats.

8) Daniel Boone

Author

Averill, Esther, 1902-1992

Publisher

Harper & Row

Publication Date

[1945]

Language

English

9) Captains of the city streets: a story of the cat club

Author

Averill, Esther, 1902-1992

Series

New York Review children's collection

Publisher

New York Review Books

Publication Date

[2005]

Language

English

Description

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Two tramp cats searching for a place of their own discover that members of the Cat Club but are not easily induced to join them.