Room 8, Elysian Heights Elementary School

Well done Scott Mabbutt . Thx for your Years of hard work to get our cherished old treasure republished. I hope you re-coup some costs. Fantastic!
Buy at Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Called-Room-8/dp/B0D8FPVFN4/

Scott also made the recent MOVIE on Room 8. Its on PRIME: https://www.amazon.com/Room-8-Scott-Mabbutt/dp/B0DBQNYPYY/

Scotts Room 8 MOVIE is also on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/100026360/room-8

Im Alvaro Guevara , the guy behind this PAGE.

Room 8 at Elysian Heights.

There's a FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FriendsofRoom8/

There's an FB PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/ACatCalledRoom8

The book is back (in paperback) by Scott Mabbutt, who made the recent (2024) movie, see below.
The paperback.
https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Called-Room-8/dp/B0D8FPVFN4/

There's a movie Room 8 on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/100026360/room-8

There's a movie Room 8 on PRIME: https://www.amazon.com/Room-8-Scott-Mabbutt/dp/B0DBQNYPYY/

Join this group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/FriendsofRoom8/

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CYQC9CZdB/

[1962] Elysian Heights Elementary School cat Room 8 sits in hallway by entrance. (Richard Hewett Collection)

Room 8 Memorial, doing the deal still, since 1972.

https://www.facebook.com/room8memorialcatfoundation

https://www.facebook.com/room8memorialcatfoundation

Room 8 Memorial Cat Foundation We are a non-profit no kill animal shelter for cats in Riverside, CA

Learn the joyous story about how a cat in 1950s, who adopted a school in Elysian Heights for 16 years, became an international sensation long before “going viral” and social influencers.

Documentarian Scott Mabbutt will screen his film “Room 8” insider our cat lounge followed by a Q&A with Brenda Rees, author of a new book, “Room 8: a Cat in the Classroom, Photographing L.A.’s Most Famous Feline.” The book features never-before-seen images from photographer Richard Hewett whose photos of the students and the cat were published in Look Magazine 1962.

Elysian Heights alumni are invited to the screening to share their memories of studying alongside their feline mascot.

Books and merchandise will be available for sale. Cost: $10. Reservations required.

Enjoy the event celebrating Room 8 surrounded by cats!

Please do not wear perfume, cologne or other fragrances into our lounge. Cats and human volunteers are sensitive!

Calendar Listing:
Celebrating A Cat Named Room 8: Documentary Screening, Book Discussion, 6:30pm, November 16, Tail Town Cat Café, 1780 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena. Enjoy a screening of documentary “Room 8” followed by a discussion of a new book that chronicles the life of L.A.’s most famous cat, Room 8 who lived at Elysian Heights Elementary for more than 16 years. Event takes place in lounge surrounded by cats. $10, reservations required. www.tailtowncats.com/events

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