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C is for Cat

By Em Lynas
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Curl up with this playful rhyming text featuring a cute and quirky cast of cats. Whether it's chasing, bouncing and pouncing, curling up in a sunny spot, or gazing up at the moon at night, cats live life to the full. This hilarious alphabet celebration of... Read More
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Curl up with this playful rhyming text featuring a cute and quirky cast of cats.

Curl up with this playful rhyming text featuring a cute and quirky cast of cats.

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Curl up with this playful rhyming text featuring a cute and quirky cast of cats.

Whether it's chasing, bouncing and pouncing, curling up in a sunny spot, or gazing up at the moon at night, cats live life to the full. This hilarious alphabet celebration of feline feistiness is perfect for cat lovers young and old.

Featuring stylish and vibrant artwork by the award-winning Sara Ogilvie, illustrator of Julia Donaldson's The Detective Dog.

This bright and cheerful book is the perfect gift for any child (or adult!) to read aloud or enjoy alone.

For readers who prefer dogs, check out:

D is for Dog

The Dog is Full of Love

Praise for D is For Dog: "A lovely, lollopy picture-book alphabet - The Guardian." "What better way to learn the alphabet?... a jaunty rhyme scheme and hugely entertaining illustrations make this perfect for a first-time reader." - The Daily Mail

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805135715

Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Nosy Crow Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 225.0mm

Height: 180.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 32

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About the Author

Em Lynas (Author)
Em Lynas is a children's author with a love of silly poetry and nonsense rhymes. Em has been a primary school teacher and an educational publisher and is now an author of funny picture books. Her book, The Goat and the Stoat and the Goat, was shortlisted for the 2025 Laugh Out Loud Award. She lives by the seaside on the North East coast with her husband, Geoff, and although she did have pets when her children lived at home; hamsters, guinea pigs, a rabbit and a jar of stick insects, she is currently petless.

Sara Ogilvie (Illustrator)
Sara Ogilvie was born in Edinburgh and now lives in Newcastle. She graduated with an Illustration/Printmaking degree from Edinburgh College of Art. Sarah has won numerous awards for her work including a Commonwealth Heads of Government commission, presented to Nelson Mandela and HRH Queen Elizabeth II. Her work is inspired by words, street life, antiquities, posters, old wives tales, household appliances, carpets, masks, trying to spell sounds, packaging and old second-hand bookshops...

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