Mousehole Cat
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The illustration on our cover this month is by Andrew Skilleter from Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone. Susan Cooper is interviewed by Stephanie Nettell. The book is published by Bodley Head, to whom we are grateful for help in using this illustration.
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Mousehole Cat
Illustrated by Nicola Bayley
Every now and then a book comes along that captures the imagination and lingers in the mind. The Mousehole Cat is one of these. The tale is of Mowser the cat and her pet man braving the vicious storms to save the villagers. The rapport between man and cat is sensitive and, although written from Mowser's point of view, it skilfully avoids sentimentality. The illustrations are outstanding, a wonderful blending of the fluidity of movement that cats and swirling stormy waters share.
