Cat on the Hill
2003
First Published
3.88
Average Rating
32
Number of Pages
Autumn is a lonely and cold time for a stray cat in Cornwall after the hum of the summer, and winter is worse still. Most of all though, it is a hungry time. Even for an ex-ship's cat, life is a struggle, with fierce harbor cats and a yappy dog, all of whom chase him out of the village, away from its pavements of tempting dropped chips and tasty mackerel. The chapel on the hill becomes a safe haven for a while. But then, in the depths of winter, the yappy dog and his friends, the harbor boy, the donkey, and the horse come up the hill—bearing sausage! One would almost think it was Christmas. This new and magical incarnation of Cornwall in winter features a guest return of the successful Sinbad, the lifesaving dog.
Avg Rating
3.88
Number of Ratings
40
5 STARS
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3 STARS
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Author
Michael Foreman
Author · 52 books
Michael has worked on magazines, book jackets, animated films, TV adverts, and even for the police, sketching criminals described by witnesses. As well as illustrating many of his own books, Michael has illustrated over a hundred books for authors such as Shakespeare, J. M. Barrie, the Brothers Grimm, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. Michael has travelled widely - to Africa, Japan, the Arctic Circle, China and Malaysia, the Himalayas, Siberia and New Zealand - to research his books. "I do a lot of research when I'm travelling - I find it thrilling to discover the particular 'art' of different landscapes and work them into a book. But I find I have to travel by myself, otherwise I'm constantly getting involved in other people's impressions of a place... I try to be invisible when I'm travelling, so I tend to listen in on conversations rather than participate in them - I just want to look and draw."
