The book is slightly more "adult" than the Garfield comic strip, which has resulted in some controversy: in 1989 , the public libraries of Saginaw, Michigan , moved the book to the adult section after patrons requested that children be denied access to the book.
- "In the Beginning" (written by Jim Davis , illustrated by Paws staff): The cat is created.
- "Cave Cat" (written by Jim Davis; illustrated by Davis, , the first cat emerges from the sea and is Domesticated
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- "Babes and Bullets" (written by ''.
- "The Exterminators" (written by Jim Davis; illustrated by Davis, Mike Fentz, and Larry Fentz): A trio of Three Stooges -like cats chase a mouse, and mayhem ensues.
- "Lab Animal" (written by Jim Davis; illustrated by Gary Barker and Larry Fentz): at a secret government facility, lab specimen 19-GB receives an unusual injection.
- "The Garden" (written and illustrated by , garden.
- "Primal Self" (written by Jim Davis; illustrated by Jim Clements , Gary Barker, and Larry Fentz): An orange housecat meets an evil force...
- "Garfield" (written by Jim Davis; illustrated by Gary Barker and , Jon, and Odie.
- "Space Cat" (written and illustrated by .
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The television adaptation featured four different "lives."
- "Cave Cat" Garfield with very long teeth.
- "King Cat": In Ancient Egypt , the Pharaoh 's Sacred Cat discovers what happens to him if the Pharaoh dies.
- "In The Garden" Garfield and a girl inherit a garden from an uncle who joins the circus. Before the uncle left he left instructions not to open a particular box; however, the girl and Garfield become curious...
- "Court Musician": The king demands a Concerto from Handel (nicknamed "Freddie" in this segment), and if the king doesn't enjoy it...
- "Stunt Cat": Garfield is (briefly) a Stunt Double for Krazy Kat .
- "Diana's Piano": A young girl, Sara, receives a cat, Diana, who goes with her everywhere, specially to Piano lessons.
- "Lab Animal" The clip that shows why Garfield is so afraid of needles. In the mid-20th century a cat is injected with an experimental military serum. The lab cat escapes from the military base. After swimming across a river the serum has some interesting effects on the cat.
- "Garfield" Shows Garfield when he is first adopted with Jon. This clip also shows Garfield first meeting with Odie (who Jon adopts to keep Garfield company), Odie saving Garfield life from a passing ice cream truck and a clip of and old Garfield talking to his descendants about the ice cream truck incident... with several revisions at Odie's expense.
- "Space Cat" A preview of Garfield's future life in space and his encounter with enemy space craft.
There is an epilogue where Garfield and Odie meet God. Garfield succeeds in gaining nine more lives for himself and Odie due to a computer problem.
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