Oh, the ways we revere our furry friends! Writers have lauded their pets with words of adoration for centuries, and these books compile some of the best. The Book of Cat Poems begins with "The Kitten at Play" by William Wordsworth, a spirited eighteenth-century couplet, and includes nearly sixty felinethemed poems from writers such as Emily Dickinson, W. B. Yeats, Margaret Atwood, and J. R. R. Tolkien. The Book of Dog Poems begins with "Rehomer's Prayer" by Di Slaney, a satisfying, all-encompassing list poem, and includes sixty canine-related poems from the likes of William Shakespeare, D. H. Lawrence, Alexander Pope, and Lord Byron. Both collections are illustrated with flowing watercolors that make the poems come alive.