In February’s installment of “reading out loud to kids” we have Jenny and the Cat Club, a book I bought because it looked cute and had cats. While there is an overarching narrative arc, it’s really a collection of short stories about a shy black cat named Jenny Linksy who lives with a retired sea captain in Greenwich Village in 1944. (Also published in 1944!) Jenny is quite shy but finds community and friendship in the cat club, whose esteemed members include, but are not […]