NONFICTION - March 17, 1996

COSTUMES FOR YOUR CAT by Lynn Chang. (Chronicle Books: $6.95) We give “Costumes for Your Cat” two paws and one thumb up.

Feline Votes: First-born Edwin discovered that Lynn Chang’s book made a proper thud on the floor when knocked off a table--more so than one might expect for $6.95.

Runt Poco purfled the cover with teeth marks, proving that publisher Chronicle Books knows its stuff when it comes to hardbacks.

Biped Vote: Daydreamed over the 15 costumes with sewing instructions and fey art.

Pawnote: Any notion of a cat actually wearing a get-up. . . . Don’t even think it, buster--is how Poco put it.