Audience: Grades 5 and up
My Rating: 5* of 5
My Rating: 5* of 5
Summary: Tired of dodging fishwives' brooms and carriage wheels, alley cat Skilley yearns for the comfort of Ye olde Cheshire Cheese, a popular London inn. Once installed at the Cheese, Skilley looks forward to a life of ease. But a resident mouse named Pip uncovers Skilley's scandalous secret, and the desperate cat is forced to make a pact with him. The ensuing mayhem threatens the peace of Ye olde Cheshire Cheese-and the entire British empire!
Comments: The language, the characters, the cheese! Rich is the best word I can find to describe this wonderful new tale (tail?) that reads like a classic.
Awards: Texas Bluebonnet list 2012-2013
Read-alikes: Charles Dickens
Quote: "You want the truth, Master Skilley? Then find out just what manner of cat you really are...and brazenly, unabashedly, boldly, be that cat." (Maldwyn, p120)
Comments: The language, the characters, the cheese! Rich is the best word I can find to describe this wonderful new tale (tail?) that reads like a classic.
Awards: Texas Bluebonnet list 2012-2013
Read-alikes: Charles Dickens
Quote: "You want the truth, Master Skilley? Then find out just what manner of cat you really are...and brazenly, unabashedly, boldly, be that cat." (Maldwyn, p120)
