Historical

The Mousehole Cat

Author Antonia Barber

  • Story

    Mowzer the cat lives with his owner, Tom the fisherman, in a beautiful seaside village in Cornwall called Mousehole. One day, a huge storm begins to batter the harbour walls, and no-one can leave to fish anymore. With Christmas around the corner, there is no food to be found in the village. So Mowzer and Tom decide to set out to sea and bravely face the Great Storm-Cat together…

  • Why we chose it

    A beautifully illustrated book, which mingles history and legend to tell a stirring story of heroism and storms at sea and a very special cat.

  • First published

    1990, Walker Books