Did you know that writer Samuel Johnson’s kitty was the dictionary’s muse? Or that Pinka, Virginia Woolf ’s pup, inspired her experimental fiction project Flush? From the first space cat to the church stray who predicted a WWII London air raid, from the collie who saved the 1966 World Cup to a human-rescuing Swiss St. Bernard, these delightfully illustrated books explore fifty felines and canines “who altered history, inspired literature…or ruined everything.” What heartwarming, waggish tales! Sold separately.

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