Books, Calendars, Animals

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Meg Frost
Cute Overload Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Color Page-A-Day(r) Calendars)
by Workman Publishing Company (Calendar)

"Omigosh—so cute!" (The Boston Globe). Introducing a brand-new calendar based on the phenomenally popular, award-winning blog—with the singular mission of scouring the Web for "only the finest in cute imagery"—anointed "#1 MOOD LIFTER" in Time magazine's "50 Coolest Websites" issue. Cute Overload features day after day of sheer animal adorability: wiggly-nosed bunny rabbits, palm-size puppies, kittens mimicking human traits, fuzzy chicks, koalas, baby pandas, the occasional hedgehog, and The Rules of Cuteness, including #5: Fisheye lens + baby animal is always cute and #10: If you haven't grown into your feet yet, it's cute. Accompanied by a pitch-perfect, smart caption, every picture is guaranteed to elicit an "awww." Truly, "The Gold Standard of Cute" (Wonkette).

Workman Publishing Company
365 Cats Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Color Page-A-Day(r) Calendars)
by Workman Publishing Company (Calendar)

Here they are, hundreds of lovable winners of the 2008 Cat Calendar Contest: tiger tabbies, colorful calicoes, smoky grays. Chatty Siamese, poufy Persians, Aby athletes and cheetah-like Egyptian Maus. They're dangling from scratching posts, lurking by fish tanks, stalking squirrels, napping in bowls and baskets, and just hanging out—all that feline attitude on full display. Includes breed information, quotes and lore, health and care tips, and trivia.

Workman Publishing Company
Cat Gallery Calendar 2009 (Page a Day Gallery Calendar)
by Workman Publishing Company (Calendar)

The attitude, the grace, the beauty and mystique of the cat, captured in hundreds of exquisitely composed and reproduced photographs. A white cat curled against a brilliant green door. A sleepy Siamese in mid-yawn. Silver tabby kittens piled in a heap. A Maine Coon, fluffed out to the max. These exceptional portraits, in color and black and white, are saturated in mesmerizing detail—a finely textured pink nose, the languid curve of a tail, brilliant gold-flecked eyes—and are a singular tribute to the ever-alluring cat.

Workman Publishing Company
365 Dogs Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Colour Page a Day Calendars)
by Workman Publishing Company (Calendar)

365 Dogs—the standard bearer of sheer lovableness—is back for its 17th year with an irresistible abundance of floppy ears, thumping tails, big wet noses, and goofy doggy grins. In beautiful full color, here are the hundreds of winners of the 2008 Dog Calendar Contest: funny-faced Pugs, gangly Great Danes, lively Labs, perky Bichons. Plus gentle bulldogs, ever-alert terriers, and more mutts than you can shake a tail at. They're romping, running, rolling, posing— until they're petered out from a long day of play. Photos are accompanied by health and care tips, quotes, breed information, trivia, and lore.

National Audubon Society
Audubon Engagement Calendar 2009
by Artisan (Spiral-bound)

A daily reminder of the Audubon mission to celebrate the earth's natural beauty—this week-at-a-glance datebook is a treasure. Here is unspoiled nature in dozens of spellbinding images—from panoramic landscapes to intimate moments, such as a butterfly alighting on a flower bud. A spider's web, glittering with beads of dew. Hyacinth Macaws perched on a tree branch. A meadow flushed with deep-red Indian Paintbrush. Utah's magnificent Delicate Arch, set aglow in the late-afternoon sun. Featuring spacious weekly grids, detailed captions for every photograph, and an elegant gift box.

Workman Publishing Company
Bad Cat Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars)
by Workman Publishing Company (Calendar)

Bad Cat is paws-down the most offensive cat calendar ever—and the funniest, packed with day after day of inexcusable feline behavior. Here are hundreds of kitties gone crazy: the lethargic and the clumsy, the goofy, the indifferent, the cross-eyed, and the plain ol' mean. Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestselling book this calendar includes Bad Cats in Show Business, Feline Faux Paws, Bad Cat Parole Violations, and Bad Cat Fortune Cookies (Fortune: You will feed me or die).

Workman Publishing Company
Dog Gallery Calendar 2009 (Page a Day Gallery Calendar)
by Workman Publishing Company (Calendar)

A tiny Chihuahua perched on a cushion. A basset hound, ever droll. An elegant and expressive Italian greyhound, a dalmatian bounding across a field, and a shar-pei puppy sniffing a purple flower. Featuring hundreds of beautifully composed and reproduced photographs in color and black and white, this gallery-for-your-desktop celebrates the lively spirit and true, loving soul of the dog. Each portrait is a study in detail: a snowdusted muzzle, the silky ears of a spaniel, a puppy's playful gaze.

National Audubon Society
Audubon 365 Songbirds and Other Backyard Birds Picture-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Picture-A-Day Wall Calendars)
by Artisan (Calendar)

For America's 70 million birders, 365 Songbirds presents the thrill of a new sighting every day. Close-up and in vivid full color, these are the familiar warblers that flit around the yard, perch on the feeder, and bring music and beauty to our daily lives. An American Goldfinch decked out in bright summer plummage, a robin's nest with a clutch of blue eggs, a Northern Cardinal perched on a snow-covered branch. Plus woodpeckers, jays, meadowlarks, sparrows, orioles, and jewel-like hummingbirds. In addition to the daily featured birds, one species is celebrated in depth each month, with a large photograph and detailed text.

William Wegman
William Wegman Man's Best Friend 2009 Wall Calendar
by Abrams Calendars (Calendar)

Available only from Abrams, this bestselling calendar features many all-new photographs by William Wegman. Includes a poster!

Workman Publishing Company
The 365 Kittens-A-Year Calendar 2009 (Picture-A-Day Wall Calendars)
by Workman Publishing Company (Calendar)

Tiger kitten posing on a windowsill. Gray kitten play-stalking through the grass. An Abyssinian kitten in a basket, little orange guy in the crook of a tree (not too high up, we hope!), and who's that peeking out of a flowerpot? Featuring the hundreds of winners of the 14th Annual Kittens of Distinction Contest, 365 Kittens-A-Year is the most chock-full-of-kittens calendar for the kitten lover. It's a flurry of tiny pink noses, perky ears, soft fuzzy tails, and sweet kitten expressions. Kittens snoozing, kittens slinking, kittens snuggling, kittens rolling in the grass, kittens just being their adorable selves. They're the cutest of the cute.

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