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Our Favorite Magical Pets in Literature

These aren't your average puppies and kittens, no, here are six of the best, most magical animal friends a kid could ask for. And I hope you all appreciate the supreme effort I’m making not to populate this list entirely with unicorns.

Posted by Alyssa Favreau

March Big Deal: Crafting With Cat Hair $3.99 on Amazon the Rest of the Month

Photo via Boing Boing

This month, you've got an opportunity to snag a lot of Quirk titles on the cheap, thanks to Quirk Perks (The Little Guide to Vintage Shopping and Secret Lives of the Civil War are both only $3.99) and starting today, this month's March Big Deal over on Amazon. 

From now until the end of the month, you can pick up Crafting With Cat Hair for only $3.99 on your eReader

Posted by Eric Smith

Find Momo on the New York Times Best Sellers List!

Who's black and white and read all over? Momo the adorable border collie!

We're excited to announce that Find Momo, the hide-and-seek photography book by Momo's best buddy Andrew Knapp, has landed on this month's New York Times specialty best sellers list. The list is a roster of the best of the best of animal-themed books sold in November and we're all wagging our tails at the news that Momo has snagged the # 11 spot. Good boy Momo (and Andrew)!

Posted by Rick Chillot

How-to Tuesday: Simple Ways to Hello Kitty Your Everyday Life

Projects from Hello Kitty Crochet

Hello Kitty is the probably one of the most famous kitties and the most ubiquitous kitty in our lives, appearing in various forms from pots to instant ramen. Yet, how ingrained is she in your personal life? Do you have anything Hello Kitty related? I mean, we do, what with our Hello Kitty Baking Book and Crochet book that came out last month. If not, here’s our guide to Hello Kitty-fy your own daily routine.

Breakfast: There’s no better way to start off your day with a serving of pancakes so why not make Hello Kitty pancakes? You can either draw your Hello Kitty pancakes using a squeeze bottle filled with pancake batter or use a metal Hello Kitty cookie cutter as a mold to shape your pancakes.

Posted by Jessica Yang

Eat More Books, Episode 26: Bookstore Cats

Posted by Rick Chillot

Happy Birthday Kafka: Win a Copy of The Meowmorphosis!

Photo via Prose, Poetry & Photographs

Happy birthday, Franz Kafka! The great author celebrates his 131th birthday today (last year, Google celebrated with this amazing illustration for his 130th), and we've decided to throw a little giveaway in his honor. 

Go ahead and enter the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win a copy of The Meowmorphosis, our lastest mashup, which takes Kafka's literary masterpiece and adds slightly more kittens. 

Good luck! 

Posted by Eric Smith