The Railway Cat

By Author / Illustrator

Philip Ardagh, Rob Biddulp

Genre

Young fiction

Age range(s)

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Ltd

ISBN

9781471184031

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

17-09-2020

Synopsis

A funny and charming NEW young fiction series from Philip Ardagh, bestselling author of The Grunts series and Eddie Dickens adventures, and illustrated by Rob Biddulph, award-winning creator of Draw With Rob. Puuurfect for fans of Alex T. Smith, Pamela Butchart and Laura James.

Meet Furry Purry Beancat - one extraordinary cat with nine extraordinary lives!

Just like every other cat, Furry Purry Beancat loves a catnap. But unlike other cats, when Beancat wakes she finds herself about to embark on a whole new adventure!

All aboard! There's a mystery on the railway! Join Beancat and her friends as they uncover secrets and spies on the tracks. Who is the ticket-swapping, train-hopping stranger? Is Beancat's beloved railway in danger? It's up to our furry (and purry!) hero to solve the puzzle, before it's too late.

'Exciting and comic, these are purr-fect first adventures' - LoveReading4Kids

LOOK OUT for the first Furry Purry adventure: The Pirate Captain's Cat!

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Reviews

Furry Purry Beancat seems like any other cat. She loves to nap. Anywhere, anytime. However, when she wakes up, she finds herself on a new adventure. Furry Purry Beancat lives nine lives!

In The Railway Cat, Beancat is woken by the sound of a steam whistle and finds herself at a railway station. Spotting a robbery she becomes involved in an investigation and finds herself lending a paw to help out. Great fun with super vocabulary that does not patronise the reader, Beancat is sure to be a new favourite character.

Brilliantly illustrated by Rob Biddulph, the pages are filled with great pictures that bring the story to life and allow greater understanding.

This is the second book in a new series by Philip Ardagh. There is no need to have read the first as this can be read as a stand alone. There is the promise of more books charting Furry Purry Beancat's adventures which younger readers will eagerly anticipate.

This series is pitched perfectly at newly fluent readers from Years 2-4 picking up their first chapter books and both girls and boys will enjoy the adventures.

176 pages / Ages 6+ / Reviewed by Bryony Davies, teacher