It's a book such as Roald Dahl might have written - suitable for intelligent children, while also containing much to delight their parents. Franny is one of the rarest of cats, for she is a cat who can read. She and her brother, Toby, are the new cats on the block. Their "bean" (human "owner") doesn't let them go outside at first. When they finally get to go out, they make friends with other animals in the neighborhood: the cats next door (Highlanders Rainbow, Bay, and their TV-addicted brother Moo-Cow, who never comes outside); the cats across the street (Elbee and her three "kits," Larry,...
It's a book such as Roald Dahl might have written - suitable for intelligent children, while also containing much to delight their parents. Franny is ...