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FROM: Cathryn Smyth <[removed]@lancaster.lib.pa.us>
REC'D: 2/4/04, 1:21 PM

Does anyone out there remember this book? It must been out in the late
50's or early 60's.I would like to reread this book from my childhood.
Thank you,
Cathryn

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Cathryn Smyth
Adult Services & ILL Manager
Lancaster County Library
125 N. Duke St.
Lancaster, PA 17602-2883
717-239-2112
Fax 717-394-3083

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FROM: "Jeanne Etling" <[removed]@nsls.info>
REC'D: 2/4/04, 2:19 PM

Cathryn,

This sounded familiar and I tried Serafina and Seraphina with no luck. Then
I realized I was thinking of Thomasina and the movie The three lives of
Thomasina. I have no idea if this was from a book. I guess I'm replying
just to get past the Thomasina thing and to make sure you're not thinking of
this.

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cathryn Smyth" <[removed]@lancaster.lib.pa.us>

> Does anyone out there remember this book? It must been out in the late
> 50's or early 60's.I would like to reread this book from my childhood.
> Thank you,
> Cathryn

FROM: "Linda Cannon" <[removed]@joplinpubliclibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/4/04, 2:25 PM

The book the movie was based on was Thomasina by Paul Gallico (in case that's the book Cathryn is really thinking of).

Linda Cannon, Collection Development Librarian
Joplin Public Library
300 S. Main St.
Joplin, MO 64801-2384

417-623-7953 (fax 417-624-5217)
email [removed]@joplinpubliclibrary.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeanne Etling [[removed]@nsls.info]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 2:16 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Book with a cat named Saraphina/Sarafina

Cathryn,

This sounded familiar and I tried Serafina and Seraphina with no luck. Then
I realized I was thinking of Thomasina and the movie The three lives of
Thomasina. I have no idea if this was from a book. I guess I'm replying
just to get past the Thomasina thing and to make sure you're not thinking of
this.

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cathryn Smyth" <[removed]@lancaster.lib.pa.us>

> Does anyone out there remember this book? It must been out in the late
> 50's or early 60's.I would like to reread this book from my childhood.
> Thank you,
> Cathryn

FROM: "Laura McCaffery" <[removed]@acpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 2/4/04, 2:36 PM

In the Lion King, Nala's mother is Sarafina.

Laura Hibbets McCaffery
Nonprofit Resource Center
Readers' Services
Allen County Public Library
200 E. Berry
Fort Wayne IN 46802
260-421-1238
This is my opinion and mine alone. The
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expressed in this message are solely
those of the author. The message
contents have not been reviewed or
approved by the Allen County Public
Library.

>>> [removed]@joplinpubliclibrary.org 02/04/04 03:18PM >>>
The book the movie was based on was Thomasina by Paul Gallico (in case
that's the book Cathryn is really thinking of).

Linda Cannon, Collection Development Librarian
Joplin Public Library
300 S. Main St.
Joplin, MO 64801-2384

417-623-7953 (fax 417-624-5217)
email [removed]@joplinpubliclibrary.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeanne Etling [[removed]@nsls.info]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 2:16 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Book with a cat named Saraphina/Sarafina

Cathryn,

This sounded familiar and I tried Serafina and Seraphina with no luck.
Then
I realized I was thinking of Thomasina and the movie The three lives
of
Thomasina. I have no idea if this was from a book. I guess I'm
replying
just to get past the Thomasina thing and to make sure you're not
thinking of
this.

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cathryn Smyth" <[removed]@lancaster.lib.pa.us>

> Does anyone out there remember this book? It must been out in the
late
> 50's or early 60's.I would like to reread this book from my
childhood.
> Thank you,
> Cathryn

FROM: Cathryn Smyth <[removed]@lancaster.lib.pa.us>
REC'D: 2/4/04, 2:42 PM

To All,
The cat's name was Sarafina/Saraphina for I named my Siamese cat
after her. After all these years I still have very fond memories of her.

Cathryn

Linda Cannon wrote:

>The book the movie was based on was Thomasina by Paul Gallico (in case that's the book Cathryn is really thinking of).
>
>Linda Cannon, Collection Development Librarian
>Joplin Public Library
>300 S. Main St.
>Joplin, MO 64801-2384
>
>417-623-7953 (fax 417-624-5217)
>email [removed]@joplinpubliclibrary.org
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeanne Etling [[removed]@nsls.info]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 2:16 PM
>To: Fiction_L
>Subject: Re: Book with a cat named Saraphina/Sarafina
>
>
>Cathryn,
>
>This sounded familiar and I tried Serafina and Seraphina with no luck. Then
>I realized I was thinking of Thomasina and the movie The three lives of
>Thomasina. I have no idea if this was from a book. I guess I'm replying
>just to get past the Thomasina thing and to make sure you're not thinking of
>this.
>
>Jeanne Etling
>Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Cathryn Smyth" <[removed]@lancaster.lib.pa.us>
>
>
>
>>Does anyone out there remember this book? It must been out in the late
>>50's or early 60's.I would like to reread this book from my childhood.
>> Thank you,
>> Cathryn
>>
>>
>
>
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Cathryn Smyth
Adult Services & ILL Manager
Lancaster County Library
125 N. Duke St.
Lancaster, PA 17602-2883
717-239-2112
Fax 717-394-3083

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FROM: "Danijela Djurdjevic" <[removed]@kenosha.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 2/4/04, 3:17 PM

Are you perhaps thinking of Thomasina: The Cat Who Thought She Was God by
Paul Gallico? It was published in 1957 and was made into a Disney movie in
1963 called The Three Lives of Thomasina. I don't remember too much about
it, but I believe it was told from the viewpoint of the cat.

Danijela Djurdjevic
Community Library
Salem, Wisconsin

Subject: Book with a cat named Saraphina/Sarafina
From: "Cathryn Smyth" <[removed]@lancaster.lib.pa.us>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:18:56 -0500

Does anyone out there remember this book? It must been out in the late
50's or early 60's.I would like to reread this book from my childhood.
Thank you,
Cathryn

--
Cathryn Smyth
Adult Services & ILL Manager
Lancaster County Library
125 N. Duke St.
Lancaster, PA 17602-2883
717-239-2112
Fax 717-394-3083

FROM: Cathryn Smyth <[removed]@lancaster.lib.pa.us>
REC'D: 2/4/04, 3:57 PM

This is probably The Story of Serapina by Anne H. White published by Viking in 1951.

Thank you to all and especially Diana Norton. Cathryn

Jeanne Etling wrote:

>Cathryn,
>
>This sounded familiar and I tried Serafina and Seraphina with no luck. Then
>I realized I was thinking of Thomasina and the movie The three lives of
>Thomasina. I have no idea if this was from a book. I guess I'm replying
>just to get past the Thomasina thing and to make sure you're not thinking of
>this.
>
>Jeanne Etling
>Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Cathryn Smyth" <[removed]@lancaster.lib.pa.us>
>
>
>
>>Does anyone out there remember this book? It must been out in the late
>>50's or early 60's.I would like to reread this book from my childhood.
>> Thank you,
>> Cathryn
>>
>>
>
>
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>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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>
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>

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Cathryn Smyth
Adult Services & ILL Manager
Lancaster County Library
125 N. Duke St.
Lancaster, PA 17602-2883
717-239-2112
Fax 717-394-3083

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FROM: Karen McGrath <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/4/04, 4:08 PM

Could this possibly be Paul Gallico's Thomasina the
cat
who thought she was god? It was published in 1957. I
remember weeping copiously when I read it in the
1960s.

Karen McGrath
Auburn Branch Librarian
Cranston Public Library (RI)

Subject: Book with a cat named Saraphina/Sarafina
From: "Cathryn Smyth" <[removed]@lancaster.lib.pa.us>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:18:56 -0500

Does anyone out there remember this book? It must
been out in the late
50's or early 60's.I would like to reread this book
from my childhood.
Thank you,
Cathryn

--
Cathryn Smyth
Adult Services & ILL Manager
Lancaster County Library
125 N. Duke St.
Lancaster, PA 17602-2883
717-239-2112
Fax 717-394-3083

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/5/04, 8:49 AM

>From: "Jeanne Etling" <[removed]@nsls.info>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Book with a cat named Saraphina/Sarafina
>Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:16:18 -0600
>
>Then
>I realized I was thinking of Thomasina and the movie The three lives of
>Thomasina. I have no idea if this was from a book.

FYI, Jeanne, it was. "Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God" was
written by Paul Gallico.

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/5/04, 8:49 AM

>From: "Jeanne Etling" <[removed]@nsls.info>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Book with a cat named Saraphina/Sarafina
>Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:16:18 -0600
>
>Then
>I realized I was thinking of Thomasina and the movie The three lives of
>Thomasina. I have no idea if this was from a book.

FYI, Jeanne, it was. "Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God" was
written by Paul Gallico.

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FROM: Cheryl Edwards <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 2/5/04, 8:55 AM

When I was a kid I remember reading a book called, "Opalina." It followed
the fortunes of a family through several generations as told through the
eyes of the family cat, Opalina. When the cat dies his ghost continues
to haunt the family, in a friendly manner, through a couple of hundred
years of adventures.

It was a pretty good book but I can't remember the author's name.
-Cheryl-

Williamsburg Regional Library
Williamsburg, VA

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Cathryn Smyth wrote:

> Does anyone out there remember this book? It must been out in the late
> 50's or early 60's.I would like to reread this book from my childhood.
> Thank you,
> Cathryn
>
>

FROM: [removed]@uiuc.edu
REC'D: 2/5/04, 9:40 AM

The ghost of Opalina; or Nine lives is by Peggy Bacon.

Kristin

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