The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

by Randall Wright and Carmen Agra Deedy

Book Overview

In this playful homage to Charles Dickens, Skilley, an alley cat with an embarrassing secret, longs to escape his street-cat life.

Hoping to trade London's damp alleyways for the warmth of ye olde Cheshire Cheese Inn, Skilley strikes a bargain with Pip, an erudite mouse. Skilley will protect the mice who live at the inn, and in turn, the mice will provide Skilley with the thing he desires most.

But when Skilley and Pip are drawn...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561455954
• ISBN13: 9781561455959
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7