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The Cat from Muzzle
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Over mountains and across rivers, this delightful true story traces a high-country cat's epic, five-week journey home to New Zealand's most remote station. Dwayne is a rumble-tumble tabby cat who knows where he belongs—up on the farm at Muzzle Station. So, when he's taken to live...
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Description
Over mountains and across rivers, this delightful true story traces a high-country cat's epic, five-week journey home to New Zealand's most remote station.
Dwayne is a rumble-tumble tabby cat who knows where he belongs—up on the farm at Muzzle Station.
So, when he's taken to live far away in the town of Kaikoura, what's a cat to do? Shake the dust off his paws and start walking, of course!
The trouble is, home is a very long way away...
With a bouncy read-aloud story by Sally Sutton and witty illustrations by Scott Tulloch, The Cat from Muzzle is a true tale of feline audacity that will delight readers the world over.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780143773085
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 May 2019
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Puffin
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Scott Tulloch
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 3.0mm
Width: 241.0mm
Height: 285.0mm
Weight: 220g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Sally Sutton (Author) Aucklander Sally Sutton has been writing picture books, children's novels and plays for two decades. She is celebrated for her witty wordplay and musical language, which make reading her stories a magical moment between parent and child. She has been awarded several Storylines Notable Book Awards for her work, and in 2009 she and illustrator Brian Lovelock won the Picture Book category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults for Roadworks. Read more about Sally at www.sallysutton.co.nz Scott Tulloch (Illustrator) Scott Tulloch lives in Wanaka, New Zealand and is a prolific creator of humorous picture books. He is a highly popular speaker, tutor and storyteller at schools, where he engages students and teachers alike with his mad sense of fun. He creates his illustrations by hand using pencil, pen and watercolour and gouache.
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