Captain Cat

Description

An adventurous tale of two mischievous cats that find themselves in a predicament - their love for fish leads to an unscheduled journey in their owners' dinghy. Will anyone notice them floating into the estuary? The owner of the boat might not be on to it, but the neighbourhood kids are! Spying Fluff and Scout floating about, one of them posts on Internet: 'Do you know whose cats are these? Get in touch and HURRY please!' Thank goodness Mum uses social media. Scout and Fluff are saved when the Joneses jump in their kayaks and set off to save their moggies. Bob Darroch's vibrant and jam-packed illustrations hilariously depict Fluff and Scout's adventures at sea, and the efforts of the Jones family and friends to bring them back to shore.

Joan Joass is a retired primary school teacher with a science degree in geology and chemistry and a work life that includes being a wine-laboratory technician and a bus driver. This is her second picture book. Joan lives on Herald Island, West Auckland. Bob Darroch has written and illustrated numerous children's books over a long career as an artist and cartoonist, including his bestselling Little Kiwi series. He lives in Temuka, South Canterbury.

'This is a lovely rhyming book illustrated by Bob Darroch of the Little Kiwi series fame... The colourful, lively illustrations complement the rhyming text (I loved the scene of the neighbours lining up with thir cellphones taking photos). Great Kiwi story and setting.' - Ann Kilduff, Essence