Above: some of our colleagues may bring you illuminated cats but we bring you cats and books!

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Those of you on Twitter will have noticed it is World Cat Day and here at Team Americas we love a bandwagon. So, here's a selection of wonderful felines from the Picturing Canada collection. Enjoy!

Above: a (rather scary) garden party

Above: Fritz, looking magnificent

Above: Topsey is curious...

Above: another set of bookish kittens to round us off

All images are from the Picturing Canada collection on Wikimedia Commons. You can read more about the collection over at Public Domain Review.

[PJH]