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Go, Cat, Go!Cats can be as big as pups!
The maine coon set
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Hello, Maine Coon!Maine Coons are giant cats, bigger than many small dogs!
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Maine Coon: A Cat With a Shaggy CoatA Maine Coon is a huge cat. It can be as big as a small dog!
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Maine Coon: A Life of Fur and PlayMaine Coons are giant cats, bigger than many small dogs. Standing next to a little dog, a Maine Coon can easily look like the larger pet! Females are usually smaller than males, and every individual cat is a little different.
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Maine Coons: A Field Guide to the BreedMaine Coons are giant cats, larger than many small dogs. Depending on the dog, a Maine Coon can even be the bigger animal of the two. The Cat Fanciers' Association calls the breed the gentle giants of the cat fancy.
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Maine Coons, Unfolded: The Science of a Remarkable CatMaine Coons are giant cats. The Cat Fanciers' Association describes them as larger than many small dogs, so a Maine Coon walking past a small dog in the snow can easily be the bigger of the two. A Maine Coon can also keep growing until it is three years old or older, long after it first looks grown-up.2
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Go, Cat, Go!A cat has lots of fur.
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Hello, Maine Coon!A Maine Coon's coat helps keep out wet snow, like snow pants!
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Maine Coon: A Cat With a Shaggy CoatA Maine Coon has a thick, shaggy coat. Its fluff is longest on its belly and back legs. That helps block wet snow, like snow pants!
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Maine Coon: A Life of Fur and PlayA Maine Coon's heavy, shaggy coat grows longest on its belly and back legs. That long fur helps keep out wet snow, like a pair of snow pants. The fur on the shoulders and neck is shorter. That means the longest fur sits exactly where a walking cat brushes against the snow.
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Maine Coons: A Field Guide to the BreedA Maine Coon's heavy, shaggy coat grows longest on its belly and back legs, which helps keep out wet snow, like snow pants. Maine's Secretary of State describes the coat as water-resistant.
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Maine Coons, Unfolded: The Science of a Remarkable CatA Maine Coon's heavy, shaggy coat grows longest on the belly and the backs of the hind legs, which helps keep out wet snow, much as snow pants protect a child sitting in a drift. Shorter fur on the back and neck completes a coat that is cut, quite precisely, for the places where a cat meets the snow.12
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Go, Cat, Go!A cat can nap in its tail.
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Hello, Maine Coon!Nap time! A Maine Coon can wrap its tail around itself like a scarf.
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Maine Coon: A Cat With a Shaggy CoatA napping Maine Coon can hug itself with its tail. The long tail is like a snug scarf!
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Maine Coon: A Life of Fur and PlayA Maine Coon can wrap its long, bushy tail around itself when it curls up to sleep. The tail works like a warm, fluffy scarf. On a cold winter night, that extra wrap of fur can help keep the sleeping cat cozy.
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Maine Coons: A Field Guide to the BreedWhen it curls up to sleep, a Maine Coon can wrap its long, bushy tail around itself like a warm, fluffy scarf.
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Maine Coons, Unfolded: The Science of a Remarkable CatWhen a Maine Coon curls up to sleep, the cat can wrap its long, bushy tail around itself like a warm, fluffy scarf, tucked over its body and its paws.30
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Go, Cat, Go!Some cats have six toes!
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Hello, Maine Coon!Some Maine Coons are born with extra toes. Their wide, fluffy feet can look like mittens!
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Maine Coon: A Cat With a Shaggy CoatSome Maine Coons are born with extra toes. Their wide paws can look like mittens!
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Maine Coon: A Life of Fur and PlaySome Maine Coons are born with extra toes, so their wide, fluffy paws can look like they are wearing mittens! Breeders even have a special name for one kind of extra-toed paw. They call it a mitten paw.
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Maine Coons: A Field Guide to the BreedSome Maine Coons are born with extra toes, so their wide, fluffy paws can look like they are wearing mittens! Breeders even call one form mitten-paw.
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Maine Coons, Unfolded: The Science of a Remarkable CatSome Maine Coons are born with extra toes, so their wide, fluffy paws can look like they are wearing mittens.38
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Go, Cat, Go!A cat can tap a drip. Tap!
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Hello, Maine Coon!Many Maine Coons like water. A Maine Coon can bat at drips from a tap!
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Maine Coon: A Cat With a Shaggy CoatMany Maine Coons are fond of water. A Maine Coon can bat at drips from a tap.
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Maine Coon: A Life of Fur and PlayMany Maine Coons are fond of water. A Maine Coon may sit beside the sink and stare at a dripping faucet. It can reach out a paw and pat each falling drop, as if the water were a toy.
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Maine Coons: A Field Guide to the BreedMany Maine Coons are fond of water, so they may watch a dripping faucet, dunk their toys, or even visit the shower! A Maine Coon can bat at the drops as they fall.
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Maine Coons, Unfolded: The Science of a Remarkable CatMany Maine Coons are fond of water, so a Maine Coon can watch a dripping faucet, dunk its toys, or even visit the shower.45
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Go, Cat, Go!A cat can chirp. Chirp, chirp!
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Hello, Maine Coon!Maine Coons often chat with little chirps and trills.
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Maine Coon: A Cat With a Shaggy CoatA Maine Coon can chat with chirps and trills!
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Maine Coon: A Life of Fur and PlayMaine Coons often chat with little chirps and trills, not just meows. A chirp is short, like a bird's call, and a trill is a rolling, bubbly sound. If a Maine Coon talks to you, answer softly and let it come to you.
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Maine Coons: A Field Guide to the BreedMaine Coons often chat with little chirps and trills, so if one talks to you, answer softly and let it come to you.
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Maine Coons, Unfolded: The Science of a Remarkable CatMaine Coons often chat with little chirps and trills as well as meows. If a Maine Coon talks to you, the kindest answer is a soft one, and you can let the cat come to you.51
The facts behind it: Maine Coons are larger than many small dogs. A Maine Coon can be as big as a small dog. 2 published sources
The facts behind it: Maine Coons have fur. A Maine Coon's heavy coat is longest on the belly and back legs, which helps protect against wet and snow. 4 published sources
The fact behind it: A Maine Coon can wrap its long, bushy tail around itself when it curls up to sleep. 2 published sources
The fact behind it: Some Maine Coons are born with extra toes. 2 published sources
The facts behind it: Many Maine Coons are fond of water. A Maine Coon can play with dripping water. 1 published source
The facts behind it: Maine Coons often chirp and trill as well as meow. A Maine Coon can chirp and trill. 2 published sources
Fold 1 · First Reader · Tide pool
Go, Cat, Go!
- Ages
- 4–6
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- 6 × 9 in
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- 24
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- 109
One big cat, one frosty day. It is as big as a pup, wears fur pants, naps in its own tail, steps out on six toes, taps a drip and chirps at dusk. A first book to read alone, with four pictured Story Words: fur, tail, toes and chirp.
Fold 2 · Read Together · Sunlit shallows
Hello, Maine Coon!
- Ages
- 6–8
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- 32
- Words
- 255
Can you stomp in snow pants like a Maine Coon? Can you chirp back softly? Read along with Mila and Omar to meet a giant cat with a snow-pants coat, a tail like a scarf and, on some cats, mitten toes. Then learn the gentlest way to say hello. Notes at the back explain the fact behind each picture.
Fold 3 · Early Reader · Coral reef
Maine CoonA Cat With a Shaggy Coat
- Ages
- 8–10
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- 6 × 9 in
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- 32
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- 524
A giant cat dressed for snow! Find out why a Maine Coon's fur is longest on its belly, how its tail can work like a scarf, how some get mitten paws, the water games many enjoy, and how to answer a chirp. Short sentences, big pictures and three pictured words help children who are ready to read on their own. Includes a quick quiz with answers.
Fold 4 · Explorer · Kelp forest
Maine CoonA Life of Fur and Play
- Ages
- 10–12
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- 40
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- 2,138
Meet a giant cat built for snow. Why does a Maine Coon's coat grow longest on its belly? How can a tail work like a scarf, and why do some Maine Coons have mitten paws? Five chapters explore water play, chirps and trills, and how to say hello to a cat, with Wow! boxes, questions from Mila and Omar, a quiz and a glossary.
Fold 5 · Field Guide · Open ocean
Maine CoonsA Field Guide to the Breed
- Ages
- 12+
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- 8 × 10 in
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- 48
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- 5,159
A field guide to the Maine Coon for readers 12 and up. Learn the field marks of a giant domestic cat: a coat that works like snow pants, a tail that wraps like a scarf, and, on some cats, extra toes that look like mittens. Find out why many Maine Coons play with dripping water and chat in chirps and trills, how to watch a cat without bothering it, which myths fall apart, and what a heart test can and cannot tell you.
Fold 6 · Deep Dive · The deep
Maine Coons, UnfoldedThe Science of a Remarkable Cat
- Ages
- 12+
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- 6 × 9 in
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- 58
- Words
- 7,169
A giant cat dressed for a Maine winter: built large and slow to finish growing, wearing a coat like snow pants, a tail like a scarf and, sometimes, paws like mittens, fond of water and full of chirps. Follow each surprise into the evidence, from the genes for long hair and tabby stripes to the science of names, slow blinks and the Maine Coon heart.
First edition, 2026. Printed on demand as premium-color paperbacks; ISBNs are assigned when the books are listed. See every fact they use