- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks; illustrated edition edition (1 Nov 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007120176
- ISBN-13: 978-0007120178
- Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 26 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 658,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A feline ‘West Side Story’ from the creator of Albert le Blanc, Q Pootle 5 and the best-selling Percy the Park Keeper series
Two gangs of cats live in a scrap yard on the edge of the city. When they’re not eating or sleeping, they’re fighting, and that’s just how The Whisperer likes it. He’s a rat, and if he can keep the cats going after each other, they’ll leave him and his kind alone.
But just maybe, things in the scrap yard are about to change for the better. Or as The Whisperer sees it…for the worse…
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Endorsed by Desmond TuTu no less.
This is a brave picture book for children touching on the themes of segregation and racism. It's fantastically written from a rat's point of view. The rat observes the tensions between two rival gangs of cats (One gang black and white, the other ginger). A pair of star-crossed lovers force a truce between the two gangs and the lovers are disowned by both families.
This is a great read for kids of all ages and a great way of opening up debate about complex issues.
This is a brave picture book for children touching on the themes of segregation and racism. It's fantastically written from a rat's point of view. The rat observes the tensions between two rival gangs of cats (One gang black and white, the other ginger). A pair of star-crossed lovers force a truce between the two gangs and the lovers are disowned by both families.
This is a great read for kids of all ages and a great way of opening up debate about complex issues.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This story is narrated by a rat, who is pleased that two different coloured cat gangs are fighting each other because it distracts them from rat catching. Then a ginger cat and a black Tom fall in love. Their families are appalled and they are banished. However, when they return they have a family. What now? This book is a striking combination of bad cats and a rubbish dump setting with pictures in Butterworth's fresh-faced appealing style, black pages with contrasting clean white writing, that doesn't feel the least bit threatening. It's a very good story in its own right with an ending, a stripy kitten named Tiger, that my children love and find funny. It is a bonus that the book can be used to lead on to discussions about external differences, prejudice and so on. Another good book that also illustrates this message well, if you're a fan of the zany Dr Seuss, is The Sneetches.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Children's books are becoming more beautiful and sophisticated as time goes on, and this one is no exception. The illustrations are simply gorgeous and the story is extremely well told. Children will fall in love with the characters and it will lead in to easy discussion about racism and prejudice.
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