The Cat's Purr [Hardcover]

Ashley Bryan (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1985

Cat and Rat are friends, but when Rat tricks Cat and plays the cat drum, which only cats may play, Cat ends up swallowing the drum, and that is how he got his purr.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum; 1st edition (March 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689310862
• ISBN-13: 978-0689310867
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,059,313 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cat is tricked by Rat into playing a drum., February 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Cat's Purr (Hardcover)

A cat and a rat were in the garden working on the vegetables. Cat's friendly uncle came to visit him to give him a small drum. Cat was supposed to keep the instrument for memory of his uncle. Rat came and saw the drum which he wanted to play. Cat would not let Rat play any music. So Rat tricked Cat by saying that he (Rat) was hungry and sick. So Cat was nice and let Rat sleep in his bed after serving some porridge. Then Cat left the house to go into the garden. He kept hearing someone playing a drum, so he returned to the house where he discovered that Rat was playing the instrument. Cat tried to eat Rat but ate quickly his own drum instead! And that is how Cat got his purr.

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful tale... (or tail), January 2, 2005

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kcs1717 (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cats Purr (Hardcover)

This book is a wonderful experience for any child. It is a perfect book for an adult to read orally to their child (or group of children) and is easy for a child to read themselves. It is a fun stroy that not only explains how a cat got its purr sound, but also why cats and rats dislike each other. Highly recommended.