# Long-lost children's book

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lost-childrens-book/442355>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 22, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lost-childrens-book/442355 "2008-03-22T18:16:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lost-childrens-book/442355/1 "2008-03-22T18:16:43Z")

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Hi, this is one of those threads where someone is trying to identify a dimly-remembered book. As is customary, I don’t remember the title. I don’t even think I had the whole book – I think I found part of it somewhere, and kept it because it was charming & pretty old.

It was about a cat. The cat liked to walk on the rooftops and sing. He sang songs to Moon Mama, the moon, who was fond of him and would speak indulgently to him. I remember that the stars were referred to as little mice.

That’s about all I got.

I have looked and looked on the Intarwebs, but there are a _lot_ of children’s books about cats and moons!

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**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lost-childrens-book/442355/2 "2008-03-22T20:31:55Z")

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[QUOTE=brujaja]  
Hi, this is one of those threads where someone is trying to identify a dimly-remembered book.  
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Can’t help, I’m afraid, but you might want to try a group called ‘[What’s the name of that book??](http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/185.What_s_The_Name_of_That_Book_)’ over at [goodreads.com](http://goodreads.com).

There’s a few people there who are good with children’s books.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lost-childrens-book/442355/3 "2008-03-22T22:37:57Z")

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This link might help. My sister and I have used it several times and never failed to come away eventually with an answer.

[http://www.logan.com/loganberry/stump.html](http://www.logan.com/loganberry/stump.html)

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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lost-childrens-book/442355/4 "2008-03-23T05:27:27Z")

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Thanks, **Surok** and **Baker.** I’ll give them both a try.