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The Mousehole Cat

Antonia Barber author Nicola Bayley illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Walker Books Ltd

Published:11th Jun '20

Should be back in stock very soon

The Mousehole Cat cover

A beautiful, new, midi-sized gift edition of a picture book favourite.

"Beautifully, carefully written ... a book to wallow in, read and re-read, for any age from five or so to the very grown-up" The Sunday Times

In the seaside village of Mousehole, Cornwall, Mowzer the cat lives happily with old fisherman Tom. Their life is a happy one – until one terrible winter the Great Storm-Cat comes clawing and leaping at the harbour walls so that no boat can go out to sea to fish. Soon, with Christmas coming, there is no food left in Mousehole. It is then that Mowzer and Tom set out to brave the fury of the waves, and discover that it might just need a cat’s perspective to understand – and tame – the ferocious ways of the Great Storm-Cat sea…

In a beautiful new midi gift size, and with golden foil on the cover and spine, this is an irresistible edition of a moving, stunningly illustrated tale inspired by Cornish legend.

  • Winner of British Book Design and Production Awards 1991 (UK)
  • Winner of Galaxy British Book Awards: The Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year 1990 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Children’s Book Award 1991 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Kate Greenaway Medal (CILIP) 1990 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Nestle Smarties Book Prize 1990 (UK)

ISBN: 9781406390902

Dimensions: 210mm x 210mm x 10mm

Weight: 290g

40 pages