When the Great Storm-Cat threatens the small English village of Mousehole, only an old fisherman's cat can soothe its fierceness during a dangerous sea venture.

This collection of cat lore and ephemera includes such things as: cat toys and plants; odd cat words and facts; and cat literature including nursery rhymes and poems by Wordsworth, Yeats and Walter de la Mare.

A creature whispers: If not for the cat, And the scarcity of cheese, I could be content. Who is this creature? What does it like to eat? Can you solve the riddle? Seventeen haiku composed by master poet Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by renowned artist Ted Rand ask you to think about seventeen favorite residents of the animal kingdom in a new way. On these glorious and colorful pages you will meet a mouse, a skunk, a beaver, a hummingbird, ants, bald eagles, jellyfish, and many others. Who is who? The answer is right in front of you. But how can you tell? Think and wonder and look and puzzle it out!

When a dike breaks during a violent storm, flooding a little Dutch town, Nico's baby is saved by his heroic cat.

From his cosy mousehole, Mouse is peeping. Just outside, Cat is sleeping. Can Mouse outwit Cat with a pair of roller skates and fetch the cheese from the kitchen without getting caught? Follow the Cat and Mouse chase in this peep-hole book.

A series of humorous and serious poems about cats.

Catkin is a tiny cat given by the Wise Woman to protect the human child Carrie. One day Carrie is taken under the hill by the Little People. Sent to bring her back, Catkin finds his courage and cleverness tested to the full.