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= Millions Of Cats = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Millions of cats is a Children's literature book (picture book) which was written and illustrated by Wanda gag. Written in 1928, Millions of cats is considered the oldest American Children's literature book to date.

Plot:
Millions of cats tells the story of an elderly couple, who realize that they are both very lonely and bored; need some excitement in there life. As a solution (agreed by both) to their boredom, the husband heads out and searches for a cat. The husband searched up and down the hills and walked a very long time to find the cats. Awhile searching he came across a huge hill which had millions and trillions of cats. The husband excitedly began looking to choose which cat was the most beautiful to take home to his wife but he couldn't. Every cat and kitten was just as beautiful as the last. Unable to decide, the husband chose all the cats. He soon proceeded back over the many hills to go home with every, single cat following him. When he arrived home the wife was ecstatically stated "Cats here, Cats there, Cats and Kittens everywhere".She also explained now they wouldn't be able to feed the cats which the husband never thought of. Knowing its impossible to take care of all those cats, the wife suggests letting the cats decide who will stay, by letting them chose which one among them is the prettiest. Within seconds the cats began fighting. The old man and the old woman went back inside the house until it got pitch silent. When the couple went back outside they noticed there were no more cats. As a result of the fighting, they had eaten each other up. But then they notice a tiny kitten left hiding in the grass. The cat explained to the couple that he hadn't gotten eaten because he didn't consider himself pretty, so the other cats overlooked him. The couple then took the kitten home and washed him, fed him, and loved him dearly. As the days passed their kitten watched grow to be the exact cat the dreamt of having.

Further Reading:

 * Gag, Wanda, The ABC Bunny, 1933
 * Gag, Wanda, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1938
 * Gag, Wanda, Nothing At All, 1941

References:

 * 1) ^ "Newbery Medal Awards" Honor Book in 1929.
 * 2) ^ Gág, Wanda. Millions of Cats. New York: Coward-McCann, 1928. Print.
 * 3) ^ Gag, Wanda. "Millions of Cats - A Literary Folktale." Weebly, n.d. Web.
 * 4) ^ Wartenberg, Tom. "Millions of Cats." - Teaching Children Philosophy. Scholastic, Inc., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2015.