{"id":4897,"date":"2021-04-13T03:20:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4897"},"modified":"2021-04-13T03:20:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:20:43","slug":"newsday-tuesday-fiction-can-be-educational-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4897","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday \u2013 Fiction Can Be Educational, Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OliviaBooks2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OliviaBooks2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OliviaBooks2-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OliviaBooks2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OliviaBooks2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OliviaBooks2-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>I\u2019ve added an interesting feature to my Klepto Cat Mystery website. I realized, while working on one of my books, how much teaching goes on in my stories. So I made a list of the things you can learn from my Klepto Cat Mysteries and added 100 of them to my website.<\/p>\n<p>I sometimes get comments from readers saying that they learned a tip or a concept or a new way of approaching an issue\u2014yes, from reading one of my books.<\/p>\n<p>So what can you learn from reading the Klepto Cat Mysteries? Here\u2019s a short list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The importance of creativity for a more meaningful life.<\/li>\n<li>Tips for traveling with a cat.<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s the best way to play with a kitten?<\/li>\n<li>Relationship tips.<\/li>\n<li>Which human foods are bad for cats?<\/li>\n<li>How to cure cat acne.<\/li>\n<li>Does your cat require a health certificate to travel?<\/li>\n<li>What is whisker stress?<\/li>\n<li>How many criminals own cats?<\/li>\n<li>Are there laws against free-roaming cats?<\/li>\n<li>What is a withdrawing room?<\/li>\n<li>Cats have feelings, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Think about this the next time you want to do a little reading. While reading fiction can certainly take you away from your reality for a while and maybe help you to relax, there are often some interesting lessons and facts and concepts in the stories to tickle your brain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve added an interesting feature to my Klepto Cat Mystery website. I realized, while working on one of my books, how much teaching goes on in my stories. So I made a list of the things you can learn from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4897\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4898,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897\/revisions\/4898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}