Mousehole Cat ANNOTATION
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.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
An old fisherman named Tom and his cat, Mowzer, live in the little fishing village of Mousehole in Cornwall, England. Life in Mousehole is comfortable until one terrible winter when the Great Storm-Cat comes clawing and snarling so fiercely that no boat can go out to fish. Tom and Mowzer set out to face the storm and save their village in this powerful and moving story. Full color.
FROM THE CRITICS
Publishers Weekly
PW praised equally the "exemplary prose" and the "glowing paintings" in this "captivating" story about a wise old cat and her "pet," a fisherman. Ages 5-8. (Oct.)
School Library Journal
In lilting and alliterative language, Barber tells the story of Mowzer the cat who saves a Cornish fishing village from starvation at Christmas. The Great Storm-Cat rages outside the snug little harbor and no boats can leave, so Mowzer agrees to accompany her own pet, the human fisherman old Tom, on a fishing venture ``for he was only a man. . . and men were like mice in the paws of the Great Storm-Cat.'' The story is cleverly told from the cat's point of view, with the oceanic Storm-Cat personified both in the text and in the blue-green swirls of Bayley's luminous paintings, which capture nuance, detail, motion, and emotion with energy and rhythm. Narrow bars decorated with sea motifs neatly frame the text in this elegant offering.
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