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Katje the Windmill Cat

Gretchen Woelfle author Nicola Bayley illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Walker Books Ltd

Published:5th Aug '02

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Katje the Windmill Cat cover

This heroic tale was inspired by a true story that took place over 500 years ago. It tells of Katje the windmill cat who lives happily with Nico, the miller, in a Dutch village by the sea. But when Nico brings home his new bride, everything changes. Katje is shooed away by Lena as she sweeps the house or when she finds Katje playing with the new baby. Eventually poor Katje leaves her home and moves into the windmill. But when a storm breaks the dike that holds back the sea, Katje performs a feat of extraordinary courage that makes her forever welcome in the house.

Magnificent. * Carousel *
Gleams as brightly as a china bowl. * Junior Education *

  • Short-listed for English 4-11 Book Awards Leicester 2002 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Kate Greenaway Medal (CILIP) 2001 (UK)

ISBN: 9780744589399

Dimensions: 200mm x 260mm x 4mm

Weight: 160g

32 pages