The mousehole cat
Barber, Antonia, 1932-1993
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A picture book favourite, this is the dramatic and moving Cornish tale of a cat and a fisherman who brave the stormy seas to save their village.This is the stunningly illustrated story of the seaside village of Mousehole Cornwall, where Mowzer the cat lives happily with old fisherman Tom - Tom who rocks the rocking chair just right, and catches fresh fish for dinner every night. Their life is a happy one - until one terrible winter, the Great Storm-Cat comes clawing and snarling 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 together, and discover that it might just need a cat's perspective to understand - and tame - the ferocious ways of the Great Storm-Cat sea
Main title:
The mousehole cat / Antonia Barber ; illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Author:
Barber, Antonia, 1932-, authorBayley, Nicola, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Walker Books, 1993.
Collation:
32 pages.
Audience:
pym; pyu
ISBN:
07445235329780744523539
Dewey class:
FICJ
Local class:
FIC.JJFFICJJPJFPB
Language:
English
Index terms:
folk talesCornwallfishermenweatherstormspetscats
BRN:
482230