From twice-Kate Greenaway winner comes an exquisite story within a story, featuring a mouse who is forced to tell stories to save his life, a cat who plans to eat said mouse as soon as the story is finished, and our protagonist’s protagonist, a princess in trouble.
1001 Nights style story within a story – starring a lethal cat and a mouse with a storytelling knack. Within the pages of The Taming of the Cat is the adventure of a Princess who does not wish to be married.
Written as a modern fairy story, this is a story about tolerance, outsiders, and non traditional partnerships. This illustrated story is accompanied with plenty of cheese, catnip, and magic feasts. There are two stories entwined: the story of Brie the mouse; and the fairytale he tells – Scheherazade-like, to Gorgonzola the cat.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 240
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Publication date: 30/01/2024
The Taming of the Cat
by Helen Cooper
Review by Rebecca
A delightful tale of cats and mice, foxes and dragons, cheese and magical storytelling. Brie is a mouse who loves to tell stories, but the other mice don’t like his tales. When he’s caught by the cat Gorgonzola, he weaves a fabulous tale of friendship and adventure and he may just end up saving his friend’s life, and gaining a new friend!
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