I Want a Cat - Tony Ross

Having both read the book and watched the DVD I find this story a delightful one. Jessie - a young child with all the patience and reasoning of any toddler decides she wants a cat. Her parents say no. So as any young child would she decides to work on them. Dressing as a cat, acting and eating as only a cat would she keeps going. The deciding factor in her getting the cat is when she is yowling outside. They go buy a cat, knock on her door and out pops Jessie dressed in a dog suit. You never can please children, and in this age of want and not need this is a funny story by Tony Ross, who also produces another good story ...

I want a cat Amusing story by a popular author. The story actually makes me smile, reminding me as it does of all the “wants” children 9and adults) have, until they get the “want “ and then they want something else. The story focuses round Jessy, who really does want a cat; there she is, in true Tony Ross illustration style, languishing on a chair, surrounded by toy cats and cat books. She really does need a pet, because all of her friends have a pet, but when she asks her parents, they tell her that they will not have a cat “crawly, creepy, yowly things”.they give jessy lots of toy cats, but this is not good enough, so Jessy comes up ...