The Bookshop Cat by Cindy Wume

The Bookshop Cat by Cindy WumeA joyous and dazzlingly original picture book about a beloved bookshop cat, the power of reading and the importance of family and community, from exciting new talent Cindy Wume. The Bookshop Cat loves his job at the Children's Bookshop, where he spends his time reading, purring and recommending his favourite books to all the children that come into the shop. But one day, disaster strikes! The bookshop is flooded, and the children stop coming to visit.

When they are interviewed and then befriended by Melissa

'The best young novelist - indeed one of the best novelists - I've read in years

facing many dangers along the way

Vulnerable teenage boys are groomed and radicalised

'Benediction'

but how we approach it impacts the future of those we leave behind

and the hide-and-seek flaps encourage curiosity and interactivity

Maya Angelou

but these new poems are raw dispatches from a mind in freefall

'A fine funny novel

your four gifts raised to nyame granted you no power over the stories I tell

starring a birdwatching detective called Twitch