![]() ![]() ![]() Awardsīesides winning the Illustrated Children's Book of the Year at the 1991 British Book Awards and the British Design Production Award (Children's Books), the book was shortlisted for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize children's choice, the Children's Book Award and was commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. The illustrations are "framed" within the pages, with a general background of a seascape and the illustration related to the page shown in a window. The book is laid out to encourage reading with a child it is wide enough to fit across two laps. 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 in Cornwall have been able to leave the harbour for a long while and the village is near starvation. ![]()
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