One day, my human was reading an article about a bookstore in New York City. The article had nothing to do with cats (I know!). To her surprise though, she discovered in the article (she cannot find the link again, sorry) that the bookstore in question, the Alabaster bookshop in New York, had a resident cat.
She got an idea: find out about this kitty and other resident cats in NYC bookstores!
She looked on the Internet and found different old articles including this one, this one, and this one. All included bookstores in New York, but they were not recent.
My human learned, for example, that the kitty from the Alabaster Bookshop had crossed the Rainbow Bridge about 4 years ago. The Alabaster Bookshop is a book lover heaven (according to my human), with books piled everywhere. Apparently, the kitty loved to find hiding places in there!
Humphrey from the Drams Book Shop in Manhattan is now living with his human, and Francis from BookCourt in Brooklyn has moved in with a new family.
She wasn’t lucky either when she went to Babbo’s Books on Prospect Park West in Brooklyn. The bookstore had just been sold and was closed. She has no idea what happened to Holly.
Then she went to The Park Slope Community Bookstore in Brooklyn.
She knew the bookstore, but had never entered. It is extremely unlikely for my human not to visit a bookstore. She had first spotted it thanks to this:
Yes, the kitty! Little did she know there was a real one in the bookstore at the time!
When she went back last summer, she learned that Sir Marjorie Lambshank III had unfortunately crossed the Rainbow Bridge (he is pictured in the second article linkie above). But she got to meet Tiny!
Tiny is said to be good-natured… only when he feels like it =^.^= He let my human took some pictures though, so she thought he was a really nice kitty.
According to the bookstore humans, Tiny was part of a litter found in front of the store. His litter mates were all adopted and scattered around the neighborhood. He has a polydactyl brother the bookstore humans still hear about.
Here are some more pictures.
[You can click on any pic to biggify and open the slideshow]
My human and I would like to thank Tiny and the bookstore humans for letting my human take pictures of the star of the store.
The Park Slope Community Bookstore
143 7th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 783-3075
http://communitybookstore.net/
Next week, we will stay in Brooklyn, but we will go to Williamsburg!
I love this post! If there’s a better combination than cats, bookstores and New York City, I don’t know what that would be!
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My human agrees ;-)
Wow a resident kitty in a bookshop. How cool and how well read LOL. Have a super Saturday.
Best wishes Molly
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What a great book store your human found! Complete with a “book cat” named Tiny! He does look quite comfy there guarding all the books. We think he probably reads all those books at night when nobody is around – after all, kitties are VERY smart!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
What a nice little bookstore. We think every bookstore should have a bookstore cat. Our Mom would love to browse through those bookstores!
Our local library has a library cat. He was found behind the library and they brought him in. I guess this proves how smart cats are, they hang around bookstores and library’s. Love, Cali, Andy, Tater and Shelly (C.A.T.S)
That must be a great library! That was very nice of the humans to bring the kitty in =^.^=
What is it about bookstores and kitties? They just seem to go together. Mom always gets so excited when she goes to a shop that has a resident kitty. Of course, she spends her whole time talking to the cat and not shopping. Tiny is an exquisite looking kitty. Thanks for sharing. Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
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Ahah! It looks like you’ve just described my human!!
Un livre et un chat : le bonheur tout simplement!
Minuscule est bien sympa!
Cha c’est bien vrai !
HURRAH for bookstore kitties!
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what a perfet book store,xx Speedy
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Every bookstore should have a resident kitty!
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I’ve been reading about bookstore cats for years and glad to see an update but sad to hear about the deaths.
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We think being a bookstore cat would be lots of fun!
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Les chats sont inséparables des livres… Ils sont l’âme d’un lieu, les livres en sont l’esprit.
Je dis toujours que dans une maison il faut des chats, des livres, une pendule et une cheminée. Le plus important étant bien sure les chats ! et de loin.
Caresses Texas, pour Kitshka et Milou aussi.
Douce soirée.
Nat à Chat
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Mon humaine est tout a fait d’accord ! Mais je crois qu’elle rajouterait une tablette de chocolat ;-)
Elle envoie des caresses a Hisia et Loustiquette !
A bookstore near us has a kitty. My human was actually there a few days ago but forgot to look for her. Here is a link about her: http://www.skylightbooks.com/meet-franny-our-store-mascot
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Franny is a cutie!
In two of the bookstores, my human had a hard time finding the kitties, not to mention taking pictures of them!
Mom sure works hard to find the cat art around NY…ummmm..Texas….do you think she misses it a teeny bit???…just wondering…
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You think? ;-)
It’s no hard work walking around in the streets of NY for my human. It’s like breathing to her. It’s like catnip to me. No. It’s like biting my silver vine fishie!
I just love when cats are at any retail establishment and to be at a bookstore is just purrfect!
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How wonderful! I wish I would be there and see that dear Guardian of the Book Store. I LOVE this idea.
Heart warming, purrrr warming post. What a wonderful place for a kitty live among the maze of shelves and warm rugs. They must make kitty-sized rooms. Have a fun and safe trip to Williamsburg.
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We don’t has a bookstore in our village, but if we did it would has a cat! The hardware store does.
Kisses
Nellie
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Looks like Tiny is living the Good Life. he seems furry patient about the flashy box and all. *I* would not like to live in a place where strangers came in and out ::shudder:: be he looks cool with it!
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Yay for Tiny! WE love, love, love bookstore cats. Maybe we will get to meet Tiny sometime. :)
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Eirwena – I knew it: Tiny IS the real owner of the bookstore, what I am not surprised! Purrs!
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I meant: Why I am not surprised, sorry ;)
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I think you’re right Eirwena =^.^=
They’re lovely photos. I love the idea of finding kitties in a bookshop!
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Great post! Seems like such a good bookstore to visit, with a cat too!
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Cool with a bookstore cat !
My mom visited a Café in Vienna that had 5 cat´s you could cuddle and play with :)
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Is it the cat cafe that opened in Austria? That must be cool!
Our mommy would go to that bookstore all the time! Tiny is very handsome!
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How very cool! We have a small appliance repair place the mom has taken her vacuum cleaner to, and they have a resident kitty there too! He hangs out between the sewing machines and what not on the counters, and adds so much to visiting there.
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Do you think he secretly plots to kill all vacuum cleaners?
Those little ones sure have a fun and interesting job!
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Love this. I’m a big fan of bookstores, shops, restaurants etc with cats.
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Tiny, your elected Purrime Ministerettes salute you! *paws to heads*
Mom says she sometimes wishing she still living in Brooklyn, for books as well as you Tiny!
XXXX
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Hello, thanks a lot for giving me your blog address! I do enjoy your blog a lot! And I love your name;-)
Kisses,Ragdoll Mommy~
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Une bonne adresse à donner aux voyageurs (Grandpa et Grandma) qui partent aujourd’hui pour la grande aventure new-yorkaise !
Ronrons des Chats-Pitres.
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Hello Texas et al,
This is my first comment, since it takes me a very long time to type with paws. However, I’m a big fan of your blog, particularly since I’m a blogging cat myself living in NYC with my humans. I’m ticked to present you with the Dragon’s Loyalty Award. Pick it up at my site, Franny’s Film Forum, anytime. :) http://frannysfelinefilmforum.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/i-win/
With the appropriate feline ennui masking enthusiasm,
Franny the cat
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Oh! Thank you so much Franny! Sorry I’m a little late to answer (it’s always because of the human) but I really do appreciate! Thank you so much!
Our momma could use a resident kitty in her studio – they just found a RAT yesterday. Disappearing into the WALL. She squealed – just a little bit.
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Hmmm… maybe you’re going to have a little sis or bro soon then? ;-)