Paws and Whiskers

Paws and Whiskers is a 2014 fundraising anthology for the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, featuring some of the best children's stories about cats and dogs of all time, selected by multi-award-winning and best-selling children's author Jacqueline Wilson, with illustrations by Nick Sharratt. Published 13 February 2014 by Doubleday Children's, the book includes a new story by Wilson, Leonie's Pet Cat, as well as extracts from such classics as The Hundred and One Dalmatians, by Dodie Smith, and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.[1]

Paws and Whiskers
First edition cover
EditorJacqueline Wilson
IllustratorNick Sharratt
Cover artistNick Sharratt
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's fiction
Published13 February 2014 Doubleday,
Random House Children's Publishers UK
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
eBook (RHCP Digital)
Pages387
ISBN978-0857533524

Also called Battersea Cats and Dogs Anthology before publication,[2] the book is under licence from "Battersea Dogs' Home Ltd.", with royalties from book sales going to support the registered charity.[3] Although dogs appear before cats in the name of this animal welfare organisation, the anthology has the section with excerpts from Cat Stories first, and Dog Stories last, with the special Pets' Corner section in the middle, featuring new stories by notable children's authors about their pets.[1]

The cover art includes illustrations of pets. "That's Shanti on the cover, in the bottom right hand corner", said Francesca Simon, who wrote the story about her Tibetan Spaniel.[4]

Extracts from the book

Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan
Ice Lolly by Jean Ure
The Theatre Cat by Noel Streatfeild
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Gobbolino the Witch's Cat by Ursula Moray Williams
The Cat that Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling
Orlando's Invisible Pyjamas by Kathleen Hale
Soffrona and Her Cat Muff by Mary Martha Sherwood
Varjak Paw by S. F. Said
The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Osbert by Noel Streatfeild
A Dog So Small by Philippa Pearce
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Just William by Richmal Crompton
Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Shadow, the Sheep-Dog by Enid Blyton
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The Werepuppy by Jacqueline Wilson

Pets' Corner

The "Pets' Corner" section of the book is where famous authors (such as Horrid Henry's Francesca Simon and The Magic Faraway Tree's Enid Blyton) talk about their pets.[1]

Title of ArticleName (author)Name (pet)BreedDog or Cat
TuffyAnne FineTuffyUnknownCat (featured in The Diary of a Killer Cat)
Our DogsPhilip PullmanDaisy, Hoagy and NellieTwo Pugs and one LurcherDogs
PekingeseRumer GoddenPiers (deceased)PekingeseDog
Mimi's DayAdéle GerasMimi (Meems) (deceased)TabbyCat
Pets I Have HadEnid BlytonBobs, (dog) Sandy (dog), many nameless puppies (last one was Topsy), Lassie (dog), Laddie (dog) Bimbo (dog) and Rufus (cat)Fox Terrier, Cocker Spaniel and Tabby.Dogs and Cats
My PetsMichael MorpurgoPrynne, Puck, Katie and her puppies, Arthur, Hal and Galadriel, Sophie and Bercelet, Snug and Bottom, Mini, Simpson and LeoPrynne, (Labrador Retriever-cross) Puck (Shetland Sheepdog Katie (Irish Setter) Sophie (English Setter)Cats and Dogs
Dog MemoryMalorie BlackmanTaquis (deceased)German ShepherdDog
My Animal FriendsDick King-SmithAnna, Dodo and ElsieDachshundsDog
CatsJoan AikenGracchus, Hamlet and DarwinOne Tabby cat, others unknownCat
ShantiFrancesca SimonShanti (deceased)Tibetan SpanielDog
My PetsJean UreThomas, Titch, Bella, (cats), Dolly, Daisy, Minnie, Gertie, Benny, Sasha.Fox Terrier, Tabby, Mongrel, Jack Russell, Norfolk Terrier, Springer Spaniel, German Shepherd-CollieCats and Dogs

Views and Comments

CBBC has done a book club report on it by Katie Thistleton, citing part of it as a "brilliant read".[5] People have been allowed to comment on the book report and so far there has been over 300 comments.[5] In The Guardian newspaper review, Kat Winter has given it an 8.5 out of ten, commenting on the fact the stories were too short, she wanted to find out more.[6]

Charity

For every copy of Paws and Whiskers sold, a small amount will go to the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.[3] It is also the place Jacqueline got her cats, Jacob and Lily. Battersea Dogs and Cats is an animal charity who specialise in abandoned cats and dogs and look for foster, or permanent, owners. They also tour around different schools, showing them about animals. They also arrived at the book signing event for Paws and Whiskers.[7]

See also

References
  1. Paws and Whiskers preview: Table of Contents
  2. Battersea Cats and Dogs Anthology
  3. Paws and Whiskers preview: Copyright page
  4. Francesca Simon (13 February 2014). "Supporting Battersea Cats and Dogs Home". www.francescasimon.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014. This book is very special to me because it includes a piece about Shanti, my wonderful Tibetan spaniel, who very sadly died last autumn. That's Shanti on the cover, in the bottom right hand corner!
  5. Katie Thistleton (2014). "BBC – CBBC – Book Club: Paws and Whiskers". www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  6. Kat Winter (11 April 2014). "Paws and Whiskers chosen by Jacqueline Wilson – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Though I loved the stories, I thought they were a bit too short and for each I needed to know more.
  7. Book signing with Jacqueline Wilson Events Lists Jarrold, Norwich
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