A
wonderful air of melancholia
runs through this beautiful
picture book by Michael Foreman,
set in St Ives and following a
former ships cat over the course
of a year as he adjusts to life
on dry land.
Beautifully
illustrated and moving through
the seasons starting with summer
as the cat spends his days
nestling under the stone steps
of an old cottage at the top of
a well known lookout getting
chubby on tidbits from tourists
and fighting with a nearby dog.
But as the seasons turn the
tourists are fewer and the cat
has to go into town searching
for food but with the feral town
cats on his tail it looks like
its all over for tabby until he
learns the value of friendship.
A
lovely engaging peice that
you’ll enjoy reading to your
kids.
