In 2008 Bradford pensioner Jack Byard came up with the idea for a little handbook on sheep breeds. He wanted to prove to children that there were more than two types of sheep: the white ones and the black ones.
Know Your Sheep was an instant success, not just with children but with walkers and novice enthusiasts of all ages. More than that, it has spawned a growing list of titles - eighteen to date - all pocket-sized with 40-45 clear pictures and concise text. Eleven of the Know Your books are by Jack himself, these are all animals based from ducks to donkeys. The other seven are by specialist machinery authors from trains to tractors.
Today sees the publication of Jack's latest: Know Your Cats, with photographs sourced from a wide range of breeders. Among them is Damian Weed of the Just Cats Veterinary Hospital, Stamford, Connecticut whose Scottish Fold 'Taco' is one of the stars of the book. Taco is even going to hold a pawtograph signing - when we get details we will put them up.
If you would like more details of Know Your Cats or to order online securely, see here. Access to all the titles in the series is here.
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