Saturday Seven--Animal series I've enjoyed

Early Happy Mother's Day 

(to all of you who nurture--whether your "children" can talk to you in words or not!)

Sadly, this will be the last Saturday Seven organized by Long and Short Reviews, but it's been a fun way to discover other blogs and I thank them for such a great opportunity!



I started thinking about those of us who are or have been "parents" to furred or feathered or scaled "offspring" and decided I would feature series I have enjoyed that featured animals. I was surprised to realize how many of my favorite cozy mystery series featured multiple cats!


         

Mrs. Murphy Mystery series by Rita Mae Brown...the three animals arguing always cracked me up...from the chunky sidekick kitty whose name escapes me (something with a P?) to the stubborn Corgi (Tee).



         


The Cat Who series by Lilian Jackson Braun featuring Koko and Yum Yum, the two delightfully spoiled Siamese and their human, mustachioed Jim Qwilleran.


         


Midnight Louie mysteries by Carole Nelson Douglas...feline noir mysteries set in Vegas, a color for each letter of the alphabet, and the heroine has these snazzy cat stilettoes!



        


Joe Grey Mystery series by Shirley Rousseau Murphy features not only the sleuthing cats Joe Grey, Dulcie and the kitten who joins them later, but the cats are fully capable of calling in tips to help law enforcement solve their cases. The series got more and more mystical and this is one of the few sets of books that I paid attention to the covers, as the primitiveness of the drawings appealed to me.



         

Redwall series by Brian Jacques




         

Albert Payson Terhune penned a delightful series about Collies. I'm pretty sure this is why I REALLY wanted a Collie when I was young (of course, I wanted ANY kind of animal, lol)




         

The horse stories by Marguerite Henry. I still have never ridden a horse, but I was fascinated by the idea after reading "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell and these stories about horses on an island appealed to my imagination.

What were/are some of your favorite animal stories?


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Star Gazer

Star Gazer  
by Chris Platt is a lovely story for tweens who are horse-crazy.  Written by a former jockey, this story focuses on the larger draft horses such as Percherons.  It reminds us of that intensity that we have when we REALLY want something even as it alludes to the complications that ensue when family relationships break down.  I like that it shows a girl who is willing to work for what she wants even though her world has been uprooted (although I would have been in much more serious trouble if I had done what she had as a kid...I was in enough trouble trying to smuggle a kitten into the household, lol).  There is a glimpse of another culture which I was surprised to learn comprises part of Michigan (I always picture the Amish as living more toward the East Coast) and intriguing descriptions of the horses that I have primarily seen associated with a certain beer company.  Black Beauty by Anna Sewell was the first hardback book that I was given as a child and I began devouring the books by Marguerite Henry such as Misty of Chincoteague (and getting glimpses of a life beyond my tiny urban existence) before moving on to my beloved dog stories including those by Albert Payson Terhune which made me yearn for a Collie of my own.

My Amazon review of Star Gazer is at this link.  I always appreciate a 'yes, this was helpful' vote if you are so inclined.