Grades 3-8

de Spain, Pleasant. Pleasant Journeys II. Mercer Island, WA: The Writing Works Inc., 1979.
de Spain, Pleasant. The Extraordinary Cat: An Asian Tale. Galdone, Paul. Puss n¹ Boots. Seabury Press, 1979.
Hamilton, Virginia. Jaguarundi. New York: Blue Sky Press, 1995. The animals of the rain forest feel threatened by the encroachment of humans. Rundi and Coati journey north in search of a safer place to live but find that north is safe only until the humans settle there.
Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories. How the Leopard Got His Spots. The Cat That Walked on Four Legs. Collection of fables originating in African cultures.
Rackham, Arthur, ed. Aesop¹s Fables. New York: Avenal Books, Barre Publishing, Co.,
Rao, Raja. Cat and Shakespeare. Macmillan, 1965. Fable of a South Indian clerk and his magical cat, who takes part in a murder trial.
Suess, Dr. The Lorax. New York: Random House, 1971.

Grades 3-8

Adamson, Joy. The Story of Elsa. New York: Pantheon Books, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. 1966. Compilation of Born Free, Living Free, and Forever Free. By the same author: Elsa: The Story of a Lioness and Elsa and Her Cubs. The story of the author¹s relationship with a lioness, Elsa, from the time Adamson found Elsa as a cub until after the lioness produced her first litter.
Arnold, Caroline. Lion. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1995.
Beecroft, John. Cat Magic. Boston: Little Brown, 1964.
Bender, Lionel. Lions and Tigers. New York: Gloucester Press, 1988. Describes habitats, diets, and survival tactics of lions and tigers in the wild.
Bonners, Susan. Hunter in the Snow: The Lynx. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Focuses on a year in the life of a female lynx. Describes hunting practices, courtship and mating, and the birth and care of young.
Irvine, Georgeanne. Blanca and Arusha: Tales of Two Big Cats. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1995. The life stories of two big cats at the San Diego Zoo.
Micklethwait, Lucy. Spot a Cat: A Child¹s Book of Art. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1995.
Morris, Desmond. Catwatching. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, Ranger Rick¹s Nature Scope Magazine. Amazing Mammals, Part I. and Endangered Species: Wild and Rare. Washington, D.C.: National Wildlife Federation, 1986 and 1988.
Ryden, H. Your Cat¹s Wild Cousins. New York: Lodestar Books, Dutton, 1991. Explanation of the biological relationship between the domestic cat and wild felids. A good overview of many of the species of felids.
Scientific Explorer: The Nature of Cats, Scientific Explorer Inc. Urquhart, Jennifer C. Lions and Tigers and Leopards: The Big Cats. Washington, D.C.: Books for Young Explorers, National Geographic Society, 1990.
Webber, Andrew Lloyd. Cats: The Book of the Musical. Based on Old Possom¹s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot. New York: Harvest Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1983. Contains lyrics and photographs of the original musical cast.
ZooBooks, Big Cats, Cheetahs, Endangered Animals, Lions, Tigers. San Diego: San Diego Zoo and San Diego Wild Animal Park Wildlife Education, Ltd., 1992. Interesting facts and significant information about these species of felids. To order any of the ZooBooks series, contact: P.O. Box 95271, Suite 6, San Diego, CA 92138.
Zoonooz San Diego: San Diego Zoo and San Diego Wild Animal Park, July 1984 and August 1990. To order Zoonooz, contact: P.O. Box 95271 Suite 6, San Diego, CA 92138.

Grades 9 to Adult

Beadle, M. The Cat. 1977
Big Cats: A Portrait of the Animal World
Brakefield, Tom. Kingdom of Might: The World¹s Big Cats. Stillwater, MN: Voyager Press, .
Cherry, Lynne. Snow Leopard. New York: Dutton, 1987.
Decker, Daniel and Gary Goff. Valuing Wildlife. 1987
Eliot, T.S. Old Possum¹s Book of Practical Cats. San Diego: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1939. Contains poems about personalities of cats. Eliot¹s poems form the basis of the A. Lloyd Webber musical Cats.
Fish, Enrica. The Cat in Art. Minnesota: Lerner Publications Co. 1970. Photographic reproductions of sculpture and paintings tracing the appearance of symbolic, domestic, and wild cats in art from ancient to modern times.
Fogle, Bruce. Know Your Cat. New York: Howell Book House
Fogle, Bruce. The Cat¹s Mind. New York: Dorling Kindersley.
Gorey, Edward. Categorey: Fifty Drawings. New York: Adama Books, 1973.
Gray, Gary. Wildlife and People. 1993
Hansen, Kevin. Cougar: The American Lion. Mountain Lion Foundation, .
Lumpkin, Susan. Small Cats. New York: Facts on File Inc.
Montgomery, Sy. Spell of the Tiger: The Man Eaters of Sundarbans.
Mountfort, Guy. Saving the Tiger. New York: Viking Press, 1981. The story of the tiger: how this species became endangered and what needs to be done to protect it from extinction.
Muncaster, Alice. The Cat Made Me Buy It! Cats in advertising.
National Wildlife Federation. Kingdom of Cats. Washington, D.C.: Nat. Wildlife Fed., 1987.
Nottridge, Rhoda. Let¹s Look at Big Cats. Wayland Publishers Ltd., 1989.
Owens, Mark and Delia Owens. Cry of the Kalahari. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
Savage, Candace. Wildcats: Lynx, Bobcats, and Mountain Lions. Sierra Club,
Schick, Joel and Alice Schick. Serengeti Cats. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1977.
Sleeper, Barbara. Wild Cats of the World. New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1995.
Ward, Geoffery C. Tiger Wallahs: Encounters with Men Who Tried to Save the Greatest of the Great Cats.
Winston, Peggy. Wildcats. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1981.

Born Free (video) available at video rental stores.
Cats: Caressing the Tiger. (video) National Geographic Society
Lion of the African Night. (video) National Geographic Society and WQED. 1987, 60 minutes. Follow a pride of thirty lions for one night in the Kalahari Desert.
Out of Africa. (video) NBC Dateline. September 1994, 10 minutes. WILD Foundation, Cheetah Conservation Fund. Rental information: 2162 Baldwin Road Ojai, CA 93023. (805) 649-3535.
The Snow Leopard: A Vanishing Vision. (slide/tape program) The International Snow Leopard Trust. 12 minutes. Discusses plight of snow leopard. These animals have been hunted for their pelts and face habitat destruction. Available for loan from Woodland Park Zoo. (206) 684-4850. $8.50 loan fee includes postage and handling.

Endangered Species: Wild and Rare (Naturescope, vol. 3) National Wildlife Federation, 1400 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. A sixty-five-page booklet for teachers of grades K-8.
Endangered Species Explorations Packet and Creature Features Explorations Packet. Los Angeles Zoo. (213) 666-4650.
Robinson, Sandra Chrisholm. Mountain Lion: A Story and Activities.
Science for Children, Resources for Teaching Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1988.
Suitcase for Survival U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, World Wildlife Fund, American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums. Contact local zoological park.
Cargo for Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, National Eagle/Central Property Repository, Rocky Mountain Arsenal Building 619, Commerce City, CO 80022 (303)287-2110
WIZE: Survival Strategies. A multimedia life science curriculum targeting students in grades 7-9 and focusing on the future of wildlife. Developed by the New York Zoological Society. Contact: Donald Lisowy, Survival Strategies Dissemination Coordinator, Bronx Zoo, Education Department, Bronx, NY 10460, (212) 220-5136

CAT: The Ultimate Multimedia Guide to the World of Cats. Dorling Kindersley MULTIMEDIA. Eyewitness Virtual Reality, CD-ROM for Windows. 1995. IBM or compatible. 4MB. Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later. Apple Macintosh System 7 or later and CD-ROM drive.
Eyewitness Photo Gallery: The Ultimate Collection of Photographic Images for Home and School Use. Volume 1: Cats. Dorling Kindersley MULTIMEDIA. Eyewitness Virtual Reality, CD-ROM for Windows. 1995. IBM or compatible. 4MB. Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later. Apple Macintosh System 7 or later and CD-ROM drive.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Internet Web Site: http://www.nhm.org/ Provides bookmark links to many sites related to wildlife education, science education, and wildlife organizations.
Cornell Feline Health Center Web site: http://web.cornell.edu/Public/FHC. Provides all types of information pertaining to care and health of domestic cats.
General Cat Care FAQ: http://www.crpht.lu/FAQ/cats-faq/general-care. More information about care and health of domestic cats.