I've found I'm a little superstitious, thanks to one grandfather who taught me about ladders and umbrellas, also to count stairs, and to step over one if I found there were THIRTEEN! And when I had a wonderful cat that was dark grey, we were extra careful on Friday the 13th or on Halloween because too many wanted to catch these cats and play tricks, or something worse. You can discover more about what people believe about black cats as fearful here, and I'm glad the same article also mentions the good side too.
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But for me, even on this Friday the 13th, I prefer to celebrate Charles Chigna's A Carnival of Cats, a book of wonderful poems for young children. I just bought it for my youngest granddaughter who loves ALL books, but discovered she really liked poetry when I read Lullaby & Kisses Sweet (Lee Bennett Hopkins and Alyssa Nassner) to her one day. Then I found I See Fall by Charles, and that too was a hit.You should know that Imogene also loves to sing and already has learned many songs. I guess she has the rhyming bug, right?