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  • The Cat and the Rat and the Hat by Em Lynas & Matt Hunt

    The Cat and the Rat and the Hat by Em Lynas & Matt Hunt

    Come and look at THIS! The Cat and the Rat and the Hat is a zingy, tongue-twisting, smile inducing picture book delight, from Em Lynas and Matt Hunt. Meet cat, who loves his mat. Then he meets rat, with a FABulous hat. Hmm cat likes the hat… oops! Add in a bat, and a cravat.…

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  • Nine Lives Newton by Alice McKinley

    Nine Lives Newton by Alice McKinley

    Well, here’s a gorgeously fun and lively picture book – what a fabulous debut this is from Alice McKinley. Nine Lives Newton is a lovely comedy based around an unfortunate misunderstanding by Newton, an adorable dog, on the very first page. Newton has just found out that he has nine lives. Hooray! Oooo what can…

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  • A Kitten Called Holly

    A Kitten Called Holly

    I’m not sure why, but there’s something special about stories featuring animals at Christmas time. Is it because they remind us of our own childhoods? Of solemnly arranging wooden sheep and cows around the Nativity crib? Or of the carols we looked forward to for much of the year? I always loved the reference to…

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  • Winston and The Marmalade Cat

    Winston and The Marmalade Cat

    As a lover of cats and history, I was looking forward to reading Megan Rix’s Winston and the Marmalade Cat. My own marmalade cat, Horace, was interested too. He told me that he was especially keen to see how one of his brethren was portrayed in print. At least, I think that’s what he was…

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  • The Cat Book

    The Cat Book

    The Cat Book from Silvia Borando is fun picture book designed to stimulate the imagination… and have some fun. With each turn of the page little ones are encouraged to interact with this book and take care of the cat. It all begins with a sleepy cat curled up in a ball – if you…

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  • Counting With Tiny Cat

    Counting With Tiny Cat

    Counting With Tiny Cat is a delightfully fun picture book from Viviane Schwarz. Featuring that fabulous cat from the There Are Cats In This Book series, it showcases Schwarz’s fun visual humour and witty narrative. Tiny cat begins with ‘none’, then the number of red balls of wool increases. After four comes ‘even more’ –…

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  • William Heads to Hollywood

    It’s here! The sequel to William and the Missing Masterpiece, featuring the one and only cat detective extraordinaire … William. William Heads to Hollywood from Helen Hancocks is delightful picture book featuring an intriguing mystery. Hancock’s narrative introduces us to a pair of sleuthing cats and a mystery to solve, which thankfully had arrived just…

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  • Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam

    Rhyme & rhythm capture a delightful turn of events in Tracey Corderoy’s picture book, Shifty McGifty & Slipper Sam pride themselves on being robbers. However, even they can’t ignore the fact that, well, they just aren’t that good at it. ‘They got to their house and they flopped down inside, “We’re no good at robbing at…

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  • Scaredy-Cat, Splat!

    Rob Scotton combines his infamous character with Halloween creating another fun picture book in the Splat series. Splat needs to come up with a Halloween costume for school. A chance encounter with a creepy crawly on his pumpkin provides Splat with just the inspiration he was looking for. However whilst everyone else’s costumes look suitable…

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  • Come Down, Cat!

    Come Down, Cat! from Sonya Hartnett & Lucia Masicullo is wonderful picture book. Embracing so many themes this picture book is perfect for 6-8 aged readers in particular. The opening page catapults the reader straight in to the problem that dominates the book – young Nicholas’ cat is stuck on the roof of his very…

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  • Max the Brave

    Max the Brave is a delightful picture book from the talented hands of Ed Vere. Max does look cute on that front cover don’t you think? Wait!!! Please don’t dress him up in ribbons, or admire his cuteness. You see Max is a ‘fearless kitten’ a ‘brave kitten.’ He chases mice thank you very much!…

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