The Whisperer

The Whisperer

by Nick Butterworth (Author)

Synopsis

A feline 'West Side Story' from the creator of Albert le Blanc, Q Pootle 5 and the best-selling Percy the Park Keeper series Two gangs of cats live in a scrap yard on the edge of the city. When they're not eating or sleeping, they're fighting, and that's just how The Whisperer likes it. He's a rat, and if he can keep the cats going after each other, they'll leave him and his kind alone. But just maybe, things in the scrap yard are about to change for the better. Or as The Whisperer sees it!for the worse!

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More Information

Format: Picture Book
Pages: 32
Edition: First Edition First Printing
Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
Published: 01 Nov 2004

ISBN 10: 0007120176
ISBN 13: 9780007120178
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
Prizes: Winner of Nestle Children's Book Prize: Age 6-8 2005.

Media Reviews

Praise for QPootle5:
An alien story with a difference! There's lots of laughs in this friendly, funny story and we loved the wonderfully low-tech DIY spaceship.
Practical Parenting

Praise for Albert le Blanc
''Nick Butterworth is one of the best picture book writers alive.'' The Independent

`'Butterworth's drawings have a comforting clarity and his stories develop straightforwardly so the book works for just about everyone.'' Sunday Times

`'Triumphant'' The Observer

Author Bio

Nick Butterworth was born in Kingsbury, North London. He has worked as a graphic designer for major London design consultancies. Nick then moved into freelance graphics and illustrations, working in partnership with three others, including Mick Inkpen. In 1981 his first children's book was published, B. B. Blacksheep and Company. Nick has also worked as a television presenter on the children's programme Rub-a-Dub-Tub.