Whisperer - Hardcover

Nick Butterworth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007120176 ISBN 13: 9780007120178

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

A feline `West Side Story' from the creator of Albert le Blanc, Q Pootle 5 and the best-selling Percy the Park Keeper seriesTwo 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...

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

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 ParentingPraise 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

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0007120176
• ISBN 13: 9780007120178
• Binding: Hardcover