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The Mousehole Cat: Adapted From The Famous Picture Book By Antonia Barber & Nicola Bayley; Goodtimes ...

Goodtimes Home Video, 1995

"Once, in the fishing village of Mousehole, there lived a cat named Mowzer. Mowzer was quite content there with her pet, an old fisherman named Tom, who was very well behaved and never spilled the cream. But one terrible winter, the Great Storm Cat curled up around the harbor walls, and his great clawing and snarling made it impossible for any boat to leave. By Christmas Eve, there was no food left in Mousehole. So Tom and Mowzer set out in ...

Mousehole Cat (Read & Respond Starter)
Sylvia Karavis

Scholastic, 1998

The Mousehole Cat (Book & CD)

11 reviews
Antonia Barber

Walker Books Ltd, 2006

One of the most perfect children's books I know
This is an extraordinary book. Antonia Barber has produced a superb story, based on the legend of the Cornish village of Mousehole. Tom is an old fisherman who lives with Mowzer, his cat, who is also aging gracefully. Their lives--organized around fish, firesides, milk, and scratching of ears--fill the first few pages, and then the Great Storm-Cat arrives, howling around the harbor and ...

LA Gata Gatona/the Mousehole Cat

1 review
Antonia Barber, Nicola Bayley

Lumeneditorial, 1998

Woderful Book to read to young kids
This book is based on a true tradition still celebrated every year in the small Cornish fishing village of Mousehole ('Mowzel'). Sort of "the old man and the sea" from a cat's perspective with a happy ending. Great illustrations.