A picture about Christmas and cats A story from Adrian Mitchell's own childhood, when he was given a kitten for Christmas. With the utmost simplicity and charm he tells how the small boy Adrian and his bigger brother Jimmy look after Mrs Christmas and watch her grow up and have her own kittens. The combination of Adrian Mitchell's text and Sophy William's soft, beautiful artwork is irresistible in this picture book with double appeal, Christmas and cats.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .

Adrian Mitchell was one of the UK's leading poets and playwrights for adults and children. He performed his poems all over the world, in schools, libraries, factories, prisons, hospitals, theatres, playgrounds . Sophy Williams took a degree in graphic art at Kingston. Her first illustrated book, When Grandma Came, was runner-up for the Mother Goose Award.