![]() ![]() When they arrive back at the village, the entire catch is cooked into various dishes, including half a hundred "star-gazy" pies, on which the villagers feast. This purring becomes a song and while the Storm-Cat is resting Tom is able to haul in his catch and return to harbour. When the boat hits the storm, it is represented by a giant "Storm-Cat", which allows Mowzer to eventually save the day by soothing the storm with her purring. ![]() Tom Bawcock (only called 'Tom' in the book) and his loyal black and white cat, Mowzer, decide to brave the storms and set sail to catch some fish. One very stormy winter, none of the fishermen of the village of Mousehole / ˈ m aʊ z əl/ in Cornwall have been able to leave the harbour for a long while and the village is near starvation. It has since been adapted into a 2015 animated film, a puppet show and is being adapted as a stage musical. The book has won awards, including the 1998 British Book Award for Illustrated Children's Book of the Month. Based on the legend of Cornish fisherman Tom Bawcock and the stargazy pie, it tells the tale of a cat who goes with its owner on a fishing expedition in rough and stormy seas. The Mousehole Cat is a children's book written by Antonia Barber and illustrated by Nicola Bayley. ![]()
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