Bluff and Bran and the Birthday

A beautiful, quirky and interesting picture book by an author/illustrator new to me, although there are two other Bluff and Bran stories. Bluff is a real cat and Bran is a teddy bear who belong to a little girl. They both behave in character, Bran 'rests', which means he falls over and lies there like a real teddy, while Bluff leaps and plays as a cat does. The story of their birthday party is told gently and with great simplicity in a few lines on each page and there's a little twist at the end which is very satisfying. Highly recommended.