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This latest collaboration from picture book superstars--and cat devotees--Lane Smith and Jory John brings with it a hilarious set of feline problems!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust like most cats, this cat lives an extremely comfortable life. But he has his problems too! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sun spot he's trying to bathe in won't stop moving. He keeps getting served dry food instead of wet. And don't even get him started on the vacuum--it's an absolute menace!--and the nosy neighbor squirrel that just can't seem to mind its own business. 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Yes, it's exactly that--how on earth did you figure it out?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward the giraffe can't understand why his neck is as long and bendy and, well, ridiculous as it is. No other animal has a neck this absurd. He's tried disguising it, dressing it up, strategically hiding it behind bushes--honestly, anything you can think of, he's tried. 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