Old Roly, the cat, is tired - he sleeps all day. Mum and Dad and and the kids all know he can't live much longer, but what happens when he dies? Award-winning children's writer and poet Michael Rosen deals sensitively with the loss of a much-loved family pet. Roly dies and is buried, and the children miss him; then a new stray cat appears in search of a home, and gradually finds her place in the household. The new cat, named Sausage, is around nearly all the time - but Roly is still there in their hearts, and the children know he will always be with them. A truly touching, and often humorous story from one of Britain's leading children's writers. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Title: Lovely Old Roly
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0711214883
ISBN 13: 9780711214880
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Lamont, Priscilla
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 318 grams

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Describes how two children cope with the death of the family cat with the help of their parents and an unexpected visitor.

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Michael Rosen is an enormously successful and popular writer, poet, scriptwriter, performer and broadcaster. Winner of the Smarties Award, the Other Award and the Signal Poets Award, he has written more than a hundred children's titles, including, Uncle Billy Being Silly and Centrally Heated Knickers (both Penguin), When Did You Last Wash Your Feet? (Collins), Even More Nonsense (Hodder) and, for Frances Lincoln, Songbird Story. In 1997 he won the Eleanor Farjeon Award for his outstanding contribution to children's literature. Priscilla Lamont studied graphic design at Canterbury College of Art. A full-time artist, she is a portrait painter as well as a successful children's book illustrator. Her recent titles include Our House and Where's my Mum? (both by Walker), Will there be Polar Bears? (Reed), Playtime Rhymes (Dorling Kindersley) and a series of nine books for the Cambridge Reading Scheme.

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