{"id":3049,"date":"2014-12-31T09:51:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T09:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2015-03-30T22:06:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T22:06:11","slug":"binky-the-space-cat-by-ashley-spires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3049","title":{"rendered":"Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3064 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Binky-the-Space-Cat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love <em>Binky the Space Cat<\/em>! \u00a0Binky is a well-fed black and white house pet. \u00a0He loves his family and he absolutely hates bugs &#8211; space bugs, that is. \u00a0His goal in life is to become a space cat. \u00a0When he receives notification that he has been accepted into the F.U.R.S.T. (Felines of the Universe Ready for Space Travel) program, he is thrilled. \u00a0Binky seems to think that space is outdoors and that bugs are space monsters, but never mind &#8211; with the help of his little cat toy Ted, he will succeed in building a space ship. \u00a0With a grade level of 2 to 5, for ages 7 to 10, this is one of those books that cat lovers of all ages will enjoy. \u00a0The illustrations are charming and there are additional entries in the series so fans can follow Binky&#8217;s further adventures &#8211; although the first book is arguably the\u00a0best.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love Binky the Space Cat! \u00a0Binky is a well-fed black and white house pet. \u00a0He loves his family and he absolutely hates bugs &#8211; space bugs, that is. \u00a0His goal in life is to become a space cat. \u00a0When he receives notification that he has been accepted into the F.U.R.S.T. (Felines of the Universe &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3049\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-children","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-barbara-h"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}