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It feels like it needed something more in the actual 'story' department but if there's one thing we truly did love, it was Lorna's inventive and many hued moggies in all their glory. If you want a reference so you can know what sort of book this is, think a little of books illustrated by Jon Klassen. There’s a huge variety there, and then such a rich suggestion of places to go about finding your prey? Lorna grew up in the English countryside, surrounded by nature, and her love of the natural world and animal kingdom often inspires her art. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use.

Lorna Scobie grew up in the depths of the English countryside, climbing trees and taking her rabbit for walks in the fields. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally). And then more big cats arrive and out narrator begins to regret their decision, deciding that perhaps collecting cats isn’t for them! Received this book as a gift and on first review thought it would be cute, after reading the book i was absolutely disturbed by the illustrations and the message of the book.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). You guys are such a force for good and I am a passionate supporter of Indie booksellers, so I'm so happy this worked out well (I'd love to know how many books were sold if you have it to hand - it felt like quite a lot! There is loads of detail to explore in the pictures, particularly on the spreads filled with mice and cats of all varieties!

However things start to get just a little out of hand as hoards of domestic cats descend, followed by bigger, wilder kinds. Dad (old enough to know better) and Daughter (young enough to be a smarty pants) still love books even though our blog has quietly retired now. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.

I also have to do impressions for all the mice, and cats, she points to each one, she likes the pictures, and thinks the cats are ‘playing’ with the mice. Cats chase mice and mice eat cheese, so we need a mound of cheese to lure in the mice so you can lure the cats. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Growing up surrounded by nature has heavily influenced her illustrations and her work often revolves around the natural world and animal kingdom. I first came across Lorna Scobie as the illustrator of Smriti Prasadam-Halls’ Pairs board books and Nicola Davies’ The Variety of Life, so it’s great to see her first solo picture book. My son and daughter love picking out all the different animals on each page, with the brilliant detail of each unique (and often funny! Hello there, I've tried many deciphers on this code, the closest I got to real words was from Beaufort and Vigerene, but I might be going the wrong way, could I please get help?