“What are the best Children’s books about Cats?” We looked at 278 of the top Kids Cat books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 15 titles, all appearing on 3 or more “Best Children’s Cat” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 250+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.
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When a kitty discovers there is no cat food in the house, she decides to become very, very bad.
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A young boy encounters all sorts of cats while searching for the one he lost.
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Mr. Wuffles ignores all his cat toys but one, which turns out to be a spaceship piloted by small green aliens. When Mr. Wuffles plays rough with the little ship, the aliens must venture into the cat’s territory to make emergency repairs
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Pete the Cat gets into colorful adventures while out walking in his new white shoes.
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Sid the cat plays the pet of six different owners on Aristotle Street so that he can get six dinners every night.
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In simple, rhythmic prose and stylized pictures, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat.
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Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, learns about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity as she asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name.
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A series of increasingly far-fetched events might occur if someone were to give a cupcake to a cat.
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How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions?
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Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese cat with an overactive imagination who would rather be El Skippito, his Zorro-like alter ego.
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The happy home life of Socks, the cat, is disrupted by the addition of a new baby to the household.
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When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
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Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games.
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A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected.
# | Books | Authors | Lists |
16 | A Kitten Tale | Eric Rohmann | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Sammy Approves |
17 | Bad Kitty Gets a Bath | Nick Bruel | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Ranker |
18 | Cat | Matthew Van Fleet | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Pre-Kinders |
19 | Cat Secrets | Jef Czekaj | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Imagination Soup |
20 | Chester | Mélanie Watt | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Mommy Evolution |
21 | Cookie’s Week | Pre-Kinders | |
– | – | – | Read Brightly |
22 | Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library! | Vicki Myron | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Read Brightly |
23 | I Must Have Bobo! | Eileen Rosenthal | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Mommy Evolution |
24 | Mama Cat Has Three Kittens | Denise Fleming | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Pre-Kinders |
25 | Matilda’s Cat | Emily Gravett | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Sammy Approves |
26 | Miss Hazeltine’s Home for Shy and Fearful Cats | Alicia Potter | Imagination Soup |
– | – | – | Sammy Approves |
27 | Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat | Amy Tan | Book Riot |
– | – | – | Goodreads |
28 | Slinky Malinki | Lynley Dodd | Goodreads |
– | – | – | The Guardian |
29 | Spot, the cat | Henry Cole | Imagination Soup |
– | – | – | Sammy Approves |
30 | The Cheshire Cheese Cat | Imagination Soup | |
– | – | – | Peach Tree Online |
31 | The Fire Cat | Esther Averill | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Imagination Soup |
32 | The Tale of Tom Kitten | Beatrix Potter | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Pet Care Facts |
33 | There Are Cats in This Book | Viviane Schwarz | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Imagination Soup |
34 | There Are No Cats in This Book | Viviane Schwarz | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Imagination Soup |
35 | Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door | Book Riot | |
– | – | – | Imagination Soup |
36 | Three Little Kittens | Paul Galdone | Goodreads |
– | – | – | Pre-Kinders |
37 | What Will Fat Cat Sit On? | Imagination Soup | |
– | – | – | Pre-Kinders |
38 | Yoda: The Story of a Cat and His Kittens | Beth Stern with K. A. Alistir | Imagination Soup |
– | – | – | Sammy Approves |
39 | A castle full of cats | Ruth Sanderson | Sammy Approves |
40 | A Cat and a Dog | Pre-Kinders | |
41 | A cat named Tim and other stories | John Martz | Sammy Approves |
42 | A Kitten’s Year | Nancy Raines Day | Goodreads |
43 | A Pussycat’s Christmas | Margaret Wise Brown | Goodreads |
44 | A pussycat’s Christmas Margaret Wise Brown | Ranker | |
45 | A Street Cat Named Bob | Book Riot | |
46 | All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat | Suzy Becker | Goodreads |
47 | Amy Boal added Millions of Cats Wanda Gág | Ranker | |
48 | Anatole and the Cat (Anatole, #2) | Eve Titus | Goodreads |
49 | Angus and the Cat | Marjorie Flack | Goodreads |
50 | Antionette | Pre-Kinders | |
51 | April’s Kittens | Clare Turlay Newberry | Goodreads |
52 | Atticus Claw | Jennifer Gray | The Guardian |
53 | Auron added Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World This is the inspirational and true story of a tiny cat with a big heart, Dewey was found cold and dirty in a library’s book return slot. This true story tells how this tiny cat changed the hearts of the people around him.Perfect book for bedtime or story time. | Ranker | |
54 | Ava and Taco Cat | Book Riot | |
55 | Backstage cat | Harriet Ziefert, Jenni Desmond | Sammy Approves |
56 | Bad Kitty’s Very Bad Boxed Set Number 1: Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, Happy Birthday Bad Kitty, Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray | Mommy Evolution | |
57 | Ben Nemer added The True Adventures of Joey and Rocky | Ranker | |
58 | Best in show for Rotten Ralph Jack Gantos | Ranker | |
59 | Big Cat | Sammy Approves | |
60 | Big Cat, Little Cat | Elisha Cooper | Goodreads |
61 | Bits & Pieces | Judy Schachner | Goodreads |
62 | Black cat, white cat | Silvia Borando | Sammy Approves |
63 | Blue Ethel | Jennifer Black Reinhardt | Sammy Approves |
64 | Busy Kitties | Imagination Soup | |
65 | Captain Cat | Inga Moore | Goodreads |
66 | Carbonel: The King of Cats | Book Riot | |
67 | Cat & Dog | Michael Foreman | Sammy Approves |
68 | Cat and Rat Ed Young | Ranker | |
69 | Cat at Night | Imagination Soup | |
70 | Cat Heaven | Imagination Soup | |
71 | Cat in the City | Book Riot | |
72 | cat in the hat comes back! Dr. Seuss | Ranker | |
73 | Cat in the manger Michael Foreman | Ranker | |
74 | Cat Jumped In! | Mommy Evolution | |
75 | Cat nap | Toni Yuly | Sammy Approves |
76 | Cat napped! | Leeza Hernandez | Sammy Approves |
77 | Cat tale | Michael Hall | Sammy Approves |
78 | Cat the Cat Series | Read Brightly | |
79 | Cat the Cat, Who Is That? (Cat the Cat Series) | Mommy Evolution | |
80 | Cat Wings | Book Riot | |
81 | Cat, What Is That? | Tony Johnston | Goodreads |
82 | Cats Vanish Slowly | Peach Tree Online | |
83 | Catwings (Catwings, #1) | Ursula K. Le Guin | Goodreads |
84 | CHARLIE THE RANCH DOG | NY Times | |
85 | Chi’s Sweet Home, Volume 1 | Kanata Konami | Goodreads |
86 | Children Make Terrible Pets | Pre-Kinders | |
87 | City cat | Kate Banks | Sammy Approves |
88 | Clifford the Big Red Dog | Pet Care Facts | |
89 | Comet’s Nine Lives | Jan Brett | Goodreads |
90 | Crenshaw | Book Riot | |
91 | Cross-Country Cat | Mary Calhoun | Goodreads |
92 | Delicious! Helen Cooper | Ranker | |
93 | Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World | Book Riot | |
94 | Dick Whittington and His Cat | Marcia Brown | Goodreads |
95 | Dog vs. Cat | Chris Gall | Sammy Approves |
96 | Dog’s Colorful Day | Pre-Kinders | |
97 | Dragon’s Fat Cat | Imagination Soup | |
98 | Easter Cat | Book Riot | |
99 | Fabian Escapes | Book Riot | |
100 | Fancy Nancy: Oodles of Kittens | Jane O’Connor | Sammy Approves |
101 | Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Three Kittens | Maj Lindman | Goodreads |
102 | Floss | Pre-Kinders | |
103 | Four Little Kittens | Kathleen N. Daly | Goodreads |
104 | Froggy Gets a Doggy | Pre-Kinders | |
105 | Fuddles | Mommy Evolution | |
106 | Garfield at Large: His First Book (Garfield, #1) | Jim Davis | Goodreads |
107 | Gaston | Pre-Kinders | |
108 | Glamourpuss | Sarah Weeks | Sammy Approves |
109 | Go Dog Go! | Pet Care Facts | |
110 | Gobbolino The Witch’s Cat | Ursula Moray Williams | The Guardian |
111 | Good boy, Fergus | Pet Care Facts | |
112 | GRACIE THE LIGHTHOUSE CAT | NY Times | |
113 | Grumpy Cat | Imagination Soup | |
114 | Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty | Nick Bruel | Goodreads |
115 | HARRY & HOPPER | NY Times | |
116 | Harry the Dirty Dog | Pre-Kinders | |
117 | Hello Kitty: My Home | Roger Priddy | Sammy Approves |
118 | Henry the Fourth | Pre-Kinders | |
119 | Here Comes Teacher Cat | Deborah Underwood | Sammy Approves |
120 | Here comes the Tooth Fairy Cat | Deborah Underwood | Sammy Approves |
121 | Hi, Cat! | Ezra Jack Keats | Goodreads |
122 | Highway Cats | Read Brightly | |
123 | Hondo & Fabian | Peter McCarty | Goodreads |
124 | Hondo and Fabian | Mommy Evolution | |
125 | How to be a cat | Nikki McClure | Sammy Approves |
126 | How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You | Matthew Inman | Goodreads |
127 | I Am A Cat | Book Riot | |
128 | I Am Pusheen the Cat | Book Riot | |
129 | I Am Tama, Lucky Cat | Peach Tree Online | |
130 | I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats | Book Riot | |
131 | I Don’t Know What to Call My Cat | Pre-Kinders | |
132 | If You Give a Dog a Donut | Pre-Kinders | |
133 | If You See a Kitten | Peach Tree Online | |
134 | Is that my cat? | Jonathan Allen | Sammy Approves |
135 | James Riordan | Peach Tree Online | |
136 | Janet Lord | Peach Tree Online | |
137 | Jenny and the Cat Club | Book Riot | |
138 | John Butler | Peach Tree Online | |
139 | Kasper the Titanic Cat | Imagination Soup | |
140 | Kat Kong | Dav Pilkey | Goodreads |
141 | Kat Writes a Song | Greg Foley | Sammy Approves |
142 | Katie Loves the Kittens John Himmelman | Ranker | |
143 | Kettle, the Cat Who Composed | Imagination Soup | |
144 | Kit & Kaboodle | Rosemary Wells | Sammy Approves |
145 | Kittens | Laura Ellen Anderson | Sammy Approves |
146 | Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Waking Up? | Imagination Soup | |
147 | Kitty’s Magic: Misty the Scared Kitten | Imagination Soup | |
148 | Kittycat Lullaby | Eileen Spinelli | Goodreads |
149 | Koko’s Kitten | Francine Patterson | Goodreads |
150 | Leo the Late Bloomer | Robert Kraus | Goodreads |
151 | Library Lion | Michelle Knudsen | Goodreads |
152 | Little Beauty | Mommy Evolution | |
153 | Little cat’s luck | Marion Dane Bauer | Sammy Approves |
154 | Little Lola | Julie Saab | Sammy Approves |
155 | Lost and Found Cat | Read Brightly | |
156 | Luis and Tabitha | Stephanie Campisi | Sammy Approves |
157 | Macavity | TS Eliot | The Guardian |
158 | Maine Coon Haiku | Imagination Soup | |
159 | Maneki Neko: The Tale of the Beckoning Cat | Book Riot | |
160 | MaRi Eli added Tojo and Nelly’s Cat Tales | Ranker | |
161 | Max the brave | Ed Vere | Sammy Approves |
162 | May I Pet Your Dog? The How-To Guide for Kids Meeting Dogs | Pre-Kinders | |
163 | MEET THE DOGS OF BEDLAM FARM | NY Times | |
164 | Mittens | Clare Turlay Newberry | Goodreads |
165 | Mog | Judith Kerr | The Guardian |
166 | Mog the Forgetful Cat | Judith Kerr | Goodreads |
167 | Moses the Kitten | James Herriot | Goodreads |
168 | Mr. Pusskins: A Love Story | Sam Lloyd | Goodreads |
169 | Mr. Putter & Tabby Write the Book | Cynthia Rylant | Goodreads |
170 | Mrs Norris | JK Rowling | The Guardian |
171 | Mummy Cat | Marcus Ewert | Sammy Approves |
172 | My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes | Eve Sutton | Goodreads |
173 | My G-r-r-r-reat Uncle Tiger | Peach Tree Online | |
174 | Niblet & Ralph | Zachariah OHora | Sammy Approves |
175 | Nini Lost and Found | Anita Lobel | Goodreads |
176 | Ode to Icky | Maranda Russell | Goodreads |
177 | Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats | T.S. Eliot | Goodreads |
178 | Old Tom, Man of Mystery | Peach Tree Online | |
179 | Old Tom’s Holiday | Peach Tree Online | |
180 | One-Eyed Cat | Book Riot | |
181 | Only the Cat Saw | Ashley Wolff | Goodreads |
182 | Oscar, Cat-About-Town | James Herriot | Goodreads |
183 | Ottoline and the Yellow Cat | Book Riot | |
184 | Papa Gatto | Ruth Sanderson | Goodreads |
185 | Pepper & Poe | Frann Preston-Gannon | Sammy Approves |
186 | Pet Show | Pre-Kinders | |
187 | Pete the Cat and the bedtime blues | Sammy Approves | |
188 | Pete The Cat James Dean | Ranker | |
189 | Pete The Cat Twinkle Twinkle Little Star | Sammy Approves | |
190 | Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes | Eric Litwin | Goodreads |
191 | Pinky Pye | Book Riot | |
192 | pipkin of pepper Helen Cooper | Ranker | |
193 | Please, Puppy, Please | Pre-Kinders | |
194 | Professor Astro Cat’s Frontiers of Space | Imagination Soup | |
195 | Puss in Boots | Charles Perrault | Goodreads |
196 | Pussy Willow | Margaret Wise Brown | Goodreads |
197 | PUSSYCAT, PUSSYCAT, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? | NY Times | |
198 | Raj the Bookstore Tiger | Mommy Evolution | |
199 | Ralph and Niblet | Read Brightly | |
200 | Robot Kitties | Jim Benton | Sammy Approves |
201 | Rotten Ralph | Jack Gantos | Goodreads |
202 | Rupert can dance | Jules Feiffer | Sammy Approves |
203 | Sam, Bangs & Moonshine | Evaline Ness | Goodreads |
204 | Shiloh | Pet Care Facts | |
205 | Simon’s Cat vs. the World | Imagination Soup | |
206 | SkippyJohn Jones: Up & Down | Judy Schachner | Sammy Approves |
207 | Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones (Skippyjon Jones, #4) | Judy Schachner | Goodreads |
208 | Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble (Skippyjon Jones, #3) | Judy Schachner | Goodreads |
209 | Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse (Skippyjon Jones, #2) | Judy Schachner | Goodreads |
210 | Skippyjon Jones snow what | Judy Schachner | Sammy Approves |
211 | So Many Cats! | Book Riot | |
212 | South | Patrick McDonnell | Goodreads |
213 | Stack the Cats | Susie Ghahremani | Sammy Approves |
214 | Stephanie Riass added Luis and Tabitha Stephanie Campisi | Ranker | |
215 | Stick Cat: A Tail of Two Kitties | Imagination Soup | |
216 | Tabby McTat | Julia Donaldson | The Guardian |
217 | The Aristocats | Richard M. Sherman | Goodreads |
218 | The Cat at Night | Dahlov Ipcar | Goodreads |
219 | The Cat from Hunger Mountain | Read Brightly | |
220 | The Cat in the Hat Comes Back | Dr. Seuss | Goodreads |
221 | The Cat on the Mat Is Flat Andy Griffiths | Ranker | |
222 | The Cat Who Came In Off The Roof | Book Riot | |
223 | The Catlady | Book Riot | |
224 | The Cats in the Doll Shop | Book Riot | |
225 | The Cats of Tanglewood Forest | Book Riot | |
226 | The Cheshire Cat | Lewis Caroll | The Guardian |
227 | The Christmas Cat | Efner Tudor Holmes | Goodreads |
228 | The Christmas Day Kitten | James Herriot | Goodreads |
229 | The Color Kittens | Margaret Wise Brown | Goodreads |
230 | The Cricket in Times Square George Selden | Ranker | |
231 | The Dalai Lama’s Cat | Book Riot | |
232 | The Doghouse | Pre-Kinders | |
233 | The Fur Person | Book Riot | |
234 | The Grannyman | Judy Schachner | Goodreads |
235 | The great cat conspiracy | Katie Davies | Sammy Approves |
236 | The Great Gracie Chase | Pre-Kinders | |
237 | The Guest Cat | Book Riot | |
238 | The Kitten Book | Jan Pfloog | Goodreads |
239 | The Little Grumpy Cat that Wouldn’t | Book Riot | |
240 | The Mousehole Cat | Antonia Barber | Goodreads |
241 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Edward Lear | Goodreads |
242 | The Patchwork Cat | William Mayne | Goodreads |
243 | The Pigeon Wants a Puppy | Pre-Kinders | |
244 | The Ship’s Cat | Richard Adams | Goodreads |
245 | The Shy Little Kitten | Cathleen Schurr | Goodreads |
246 | The sign of the cat | Lynne Jonell | Sammy Approves |
247 | The Story of Diva and Flea | Sammy Approves | |
248 | The Story of Miss Moppet | Pet Care Facts | |
249 | The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read | Sammy Approves | |
250 | The Tailor of Gloucester | Beatrix Potter | Goodreads |
251 | The Tale of Ginger and Pickles | Beatrix Potter | Goodreads |
252 | The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding | Beatrix Potter | Goodreads |
253 | The Wildings | Book Riot | |
254 | They all saw a cat Brendan Wenzel | Sammy Approves | |
255 | Three Scoops and a Fig | Peach Tree Online | |
256 | Tickle Time! | Sandra Boynton | Sammy Approves |
257 | Tiger in My Soup | Peach Tree Online | |
258 | Time Cat | Book Riot | |
259 | Time Cat Albert Payson Terhune | Ranker | |
260 | Tiptop cat | C. Roger Mader | Sammy Approves |
261 | Today Is Monday | Eric Carle | Goodreads |
262 | Tosca’s Christmas | Matthew Sturgis | Goodreads |
263 | Touch And Feel Kitten | Sammy Approves | |
264 | Tumford the terrible | Sammy Approves | |
265 | Unlovable | Pre-Kinders | |
266 | Varjak Paw | Book Riot | |
267 | Warriors Series | Read Brightly | |
268 | Warriors: Into the Wild | Book Riot | |
269 | Wendy Henrichs | Peach Tree Online | |
270 | When Gorilla Goes Walking | Book Riot | |
271 | Where is Catkin? | Peach Tree Online | |
272 | Where’s Boo? | Book Riot | |
273 | Where’s Spot? | Pet Care Facts | |
274 | Who Is That Cat The Cat? | Mo Willems | Sammy Approves |
275 | William & The Missing Masterpiece | Sammy Approves | |
276 | Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku | Lee Wardlaw | Goodreads |
277 | WOOF MEOW TWEET-TWEET | NY Times | |
278 | Yoko | Rosemary Wells | Goodreads |
Source | Article |
Book Riot | 40 Cat Books for National Cat Day |
Goodreads | Picture Books about Cats |
Imagination Soup | Favorite Cat Books for Cat Crazy Kids |
Mommy Evolution | 15 Memorable Picture Books About Cats |
NY Times | Children’s Books About Cats and Dogs |
Peach Tree Online | National Cat Day Round-up: Best Children’s Books for Cat Lovers |
Pet Care Facts | The Best Children’s Books About Cats and Dogs |
Pre-Kinders | Books about Pets for Kids |
Ranker | Best Childrens Books About Cats |
Read Brightly | Here, Kitty, Kitty… 20+ Cat Books for Kids |
Sammy Approves | 50 Toddler Books About Cats |
The Guardian | Pip Jones’s top 10 cats in children’s books |
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