Library cat ready to ‘party like Big Footsie’
SUSAN LOESCH
CATS IN THE STACKS
The Christmas trees are up and we’ve finally answered the question, “To party or not to party?”
Every year I decorate trees in the library with my collection of cat ornaments. The students especially love seeing the ornaments for our library cats. Each one over the years has accumulated several personalized ones, with their names or pictures on them.
As my fourth graders were standing on chairs inspecting a tree, one noticed, “There aren’t any black cats here. Where are they?” (more…)
Susan Loesch has been the librarian at the Arkansas School for the Blind for 35 years and is on the board of Feline Rescue and Rehome. She started the library cat program about 10 years ago after much animal therapy research.