"Me, you and the old guitar, How perfectly, perfectly happy we are. MEEE-EW and the old guitar. How PURRRR-fectly happy we are!" Tabby McTat is a busker's cat. He spends his days happily singing along to the old man's tunes. One morning Tabby McTat takes a stroll and meets a gorgeously glossy and green-eyed cat named Sock. But while they are chatting, something terrible happens to the busker when he is injured in the course of trying to stop a thief and gets carted off to hospital. Of course Tabby McTat doesn't know this and is horrified to find the busker gone upon his return. His friend Sock invites him to live with her and ...  Read the complete review

Tabby Mc Tat is a delightful book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheiffler, the talented people who brought is the Gruffalo, and other family favourites that have become modern day classics. When I saw this book on the shelf at the book fair, I was immediately drawn to it, because I could tell from the style of the illustrations who tyhe authors were and I have never been disappointed by any of their books in the past. The fact that there was a cat on the cover was another big pull for me! The story, like the others from the same stable, is all written in rhyme. This makes it really appealing to read. The story is quite a long one, and it concerns a ...  Read the complete review

I have been working my way through some of the wonderful children's story books that have been written by Julia Donaldson and I have to say that I think that they are nothing less than superb. My niece recently bought a hardback copy of Tabby McTat for her small son and we enjoyed sharing the story together. This hardback copy was not cheap, it was just under £10 from W.H.Smith's but you had the opportunity to purchase another book at a half of the RRP. The illustrations are carried out by Axel Scheffler and I think that the cover is so appealing, Tabby McTat is pictured sitting beside his young son and they both have wide smiles upon their faces. My ...  Read the complete review

The perfect pair have done it again! The new hardback picture book from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler has the plot, the style & the look... THE PLOT Tabby McTat is a busker's cat (with a tartan necktie no less). Fred the busker sings & plays guitar & Tabby joins in too with the odd mew. One day Tabby strolls off & meets Sock, a black cat with one white paw & they have a cat to cat chat! When Tabby returns to their busking place to find Fred he has gone. Little does Tabby know that he has been taken to hospital & so he lingers in their square waiting, & waiting. A week later Sock finds the abandoned Tabby along & ...  Read the complete review

My daughters always love the wonderful picture books that are produced by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (books include The Gruffalo and Stickman). The latest book of theirs that we have recently read is 'Tabby McTat' which seems to have the same winning formula as their other great books. We learn at the start of the book that Tabby McTat is Fred, the buskers cat and that Fred plays the guitar and they sing together in a sort of fashion: 'Me. You and the old guitar, How perfectly, perfectly happy we are. MEEE-EW and the old guitar, How PURRRR-fectly happy we are.' One morning, while they are busking, Tabby McTat decides to ...  Read the complete review