{"id":42241,"date":"2025-10-28T09:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=42241"},"modified":"2025-10-28T09:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:05:13","slug":"orangey-and-ricky-country-cat-city-cat-by-carole-coplan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=42241","title":{"rendered":"Orangey and Ricky COUNTRY CAT, CITY CAT By Carole Coplan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Subtle, soulful, and beautifully real.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A city cat and a country cat forge an unlikely friendship in Coplan\u2019s tender and deeply felt story. Ricky, an Abyssinian with a caramel coat that gleams like starlight, reigns over the Big City with the confidence of a cat who\u2019s always had soft beds and steady meals. Orangey, a scrappy barn cat with a clipped ear and rough fur, survives among the vines and wild rosemary of the countryside, always alert, always alone. When a crashing machine destroys his old barn, Orangey\u2019s quiet life shatters, and so begins his journey toward something he\u2019s never known: belonging.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book begins as a portrait of contrast but soon softens into a meditation on friendship. Orangey and Ricky\u2019s first encounter\u2014half boast, half curiosity\u2014sets their dynamic in motion. The city sophisticate who \u201cchases gophers for fun\u201d and the wild barn cat who \u201ceats gophers for breakfast\u201d size each other up like rivals on unfamiliar ground until time and trust transform their distance into an easy companionship. Coplan\u2019s prose is spare but luminous, her affection for both cats evident in every line. The knowledge that the story springs from real life (Ricky and Orangey were true companions, their bond tested and proven) adds depth to the book\u2019s emotional core. Beneath its gentle narrative lies an appeal for empathy, particularly for feral animals whose clipped ears mark them as survivors, not strays. Nicola Robson\u2019s art glows with warmth and texture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gentle yet resonant, it\u2019s a book that speaks to anyone who\u2019s ever stumbled upon belonging where they least expected it. A triumph!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Illustrations by Nicola Robson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Orangey-Ricky-Country-Cat-City\/dp\/B0FSBD4DBR\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date October 15, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 979-8218787639<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Price $21.99 (USD) Hardcover<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pages 36<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Reading age 5 &#8211; 12 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subtle, soulful, and beautifully real. 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Orangey, a scrappy barn cat with a clipped ear and rough fur, survives among the vines and wild rosemary of the countryside, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":42243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,723771282,706279332,723770834,723770710,1136176,723771279,723771281,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-42241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-carole-coplan","tag-childrens-pcture-books","tag-childrens-animal-books","tag-childrens-educational-books","tag-indie-books","tag-orangey-and-ricky-country-cat","tag-orangey-and-ricky-country-cat-city-cat","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-aZj","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cats.jpg?fit=325%2C342&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42241"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42245,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42241\/revisions\/42245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}