Around the world, young people are making a difference in the lives of cats. In Cat Champions: Caring for our Feline Friends, meet kids who are helping at shelters, fostering kittens, volunteering with sterilization programs, and caring for abandoned cats. Animal advocate Rob Laidlaw brings readers a hopeful, inspiring look at the issues facing domesticated and feral cats, and the "Cat Champions" who are working to help them. Informational sidebars throughout the book describe issues facing cats ("The Cat's Out of the Bag") as well as good-news feline facts ("The Cat's Meow"). Filled with colour photographs and real-life stories, Cat Champions will inspire and empower readers of all ages.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the English Nonfiction category by the Hackmatack Children's Choice Award. It was recognised in the Best Books for Kids & Teens category by the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards. It also was recognised by the Resource Links the Year's Best. It was recognised in the Nonfiction category by the Red Cedar Book Award. Also it was recognised in the Silver Birch - Nonfiction category by the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Pajama Press .

Rob Laidlaw is a Chartered Biologist and founder of Zoocheck Canada, a wildlife protection organization. His book Wild Animals in Captivity was a finalist for the OLA Silver Birch Award, and On Parade won the 2011 Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable Information Book Award as well as a Skipping Stones Honor Award. Rob has spent nearly 30 years campaigning to protect animals in captivity and in the wild.

This book has the following chapters: 4 Introduction 6 World of Cats 14 It's an Alley Cat World 22 Shelters, People Who Care 32 Becoming a Foster Parent 38 Adopting a Cat 50 Raising Funds and Telling the World 56 The Cat Lover's Pledge 57 Resources & Links 58 Acknowledgments 59 Photo Credits 60 Glossary 62 Index