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Fritz the Cinema Cat

by Louise Adela Nye; Illustrated by Jo Lundstrom Smith

101 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); illustrated; catalogue #06-2271; ISBN 1-4251-0513-0; US$13.00, C$14.95, EUR10.68, £7.48

Fritz tells his humourous, often touching adventure story. Included is his much-publicized catnapping that sent Salt Spring Island on a frantic search to get him back, and made him famous.

About the Book

Fritz, a real live cat, lives at the cinema on Salt Spring Island in Bitish Columbia, Canada. He was born to a once wild bush-cat in a dresser drawer, and his favourite pastime was to curl up on a warm lap and watch movies on TV. He especially liked the one about cats in Paris, so he decided, when fully-grown, to set out for the city with the "spectacular tower".

Fritz himself tells his adventurous story of how he wandered through fields and woods before arriving at an old community hall. He was thrilled to discover it's huge "living-room" full of comfy seats and a huge TV screen where movies were shown.

Making himself at home on various laps ( sometimes with surprising results!), Fritz even got to go up into the forbidden projection booth.

He was much-loved and pampered by the many people who came to the hall, and even had two houses built especially for him. He even had his own special tower!

One day, however, a stranger drove by and catnapped Fritz! The whole island was frantic to get him back, and a much-publicized search got underway. It was reported on the radio, in the newspapers and even on the TV news! Fritz became famous overnight.

In his story, he often mentions characters from movies, so you can have fun trying to guess them! Humourous and often touching, this story of a real "local hero" will appeal to the child in everyone.

About the Author

Louise Adela Nye is a sixth generation Canadian of Nova Scotian descent, and was born during a snowstorm in downtown Toronto. Her talented musician-father and aspiring writer-mother raised their four daughters there, and in Caledon East, Ontario with their cat Muffy. Louise attented Brampton Disctrict High School and Windsor Beauty Culture School, then returned to Toronto. She married there in 1960 and has two sons and one daughter. Louise and her second husband moved from Glen Williams, Ontario to Salt Spring Island in 1989, and she bought the the local cinema which was sold in 1996.

Louise put aside the writing of a lengthy historical novel based upon the life of her ancestors in the Indian Mutiny, to help Fritz write his book. She lives in an old cottage on two wooded acres on Salt Spring Island with her SPCA cat Misty. Fritz The Cinema Cat is her first published book, which she dedicated to her four young grandchildren, who love movies and cats.

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