One of our children’s favourite books was My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes and the LiveWires have all enjoyed it too
We gave our lovely neighbour a basket we no longer need to keep her kindling in, and before she could load it up, Zorro had claimed it. Thanks for the photo, S..





















Ann Garry
October 23, 2025 at 1:37 am
I love this book so much. I have used it in classrooms so many times and it always makes the children smile. The author, Evelyn (Eve) Mary Sutton, came from Lancashire but moved to New Zealand in her 40s. She wrote this book and it was illustrated by her cousin (in law) Lynley Dodd who went on to write and illustrate all of the Hairy Maclary series of books. It was Eve’s first, and only, illustrated book although she did write others. Both Eve and Lynley were also teachers. Thanks for highlighting this book.
mybeautfulthings
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 pm
It’s been a family favourite for years and years and our eldest daughter now has it as a family treasure. Thank you for all the information, all good to know. 🙂
nrhatch
March 4, 2023 at 4:13 pm
Boxes, Bags, Baskets ~> Tigger loved them all!
mybeautfulthings
March 5, 2023 at 9:51 am
Our cats too – and a newspaper that we were trying to read! I miss having a cat or two. 🙂
utesmile
March 3, 2023 at 9:00 pm
What a cute cat in the basket. Looks almost like mine. 🙂
mybeautfulthings
March 5, 2023 at 9:52 am
He is certainly a charmer! 🙂