# Paws and Whiskers

Paws and Whiskers is a 2014 fundraising anthology for the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, featuring children's stories about cats and dogs selected by Jacqueline Wilson, with illustrations by Nick Sharratt. Published 13 February 2014 by Doubleday Children's, the stories include new works and extracts from classics, such as The Hundred and One Dalmatians, by Dodie Smith, and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.
Also called Battersea Cats and Dogs Anthology before publication, the book is under licence from "Battersea Dogs' Home Ltd.", with royalties from book sales going to support the charity.
Besides the Cat Stories and Dog Stories sections, with the Pets' Corner section features new stories by notable children's authors about their pets.

## Extracts from the book

Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan Ice Lolly by Jean Ure The Theatre Cat by Noel Streatfeild Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll Gobbolino the Witch's Cat by Ursula Moray Williams The Cat that Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling Orlando's Invisible Pyjamas by Kathleen Hale Soffrona and Her Cat Muff by Mary Martha Sherwood Varjak Paw by S. F. Said The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford Osbert by Noel Streatfeild A Dog So Small by Philippa Pearce The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler Love That Dog by Sharon Creech The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith Just William by Richmal Crompton Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Shadow, the Sheep-Dog by Enid Blyton The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo The Werepuppy by Jacqueline Wilson

## Pets' Corner stories

The "Pets' Corner" section of the book is where famous authors (such as Horrid Henry's Francesca Simon and The Magic Faraway Tree's Enid Blyton) talk about their pets.
| Title of Article | Name (author) | Name (pet) | Breed | Dog or Cat |
| Tuffy | Anne Fine | Tuffy | Unknown | Cat (featured in The Diary of a Killer Cat) |
| Our Dogs | Philip Pullman | Daisy, Hoagy and Nellie | Two Pugs and one Lurcher | Dogs |
| Pekingese | Rumer Godden | Piers (deceased) | Pekingese | Dog |
| Mimi's Day | Adéle Geras | Mimi (Meems) (deceased) | Tabby | Cat |
| Pets I Have Had | Enid Blyton | Bobs, (dog) Sandy (dog), many nameless puppies (last one was Topsy), Lassie (dog), Laddie (dog) Bimbo (dog) and Rufus (cat) | Fox Terrier, Cocker Spaniel and Tabby. | Dogs and Cats |
| My Pets | Michael Morpurgo | Prynne, Puck, Katie and her puppies, Arthur, Hal and Galadriel, Sophie and Bercelet, Snug and Bottom, Mini, Simpson and Leo | Prynne, (Labrador Retriever-cross) Puck (Shetland Sheepdog Katie (Irish Setter) Sophie (English Setter) | Cats and Dogs |
| Dog Memory | Malorie Blackman | Taquis (deceased) | German Shepherd | Dog |
| My Animal Friends | Dick King-Smith | Anna, Dodo and Elsie | Dachshunds | Dog |
| Cats | Joan Aiken | Gracchus, Hamlet and Darwin | One Tabby cat, others unknown | Cat |
| Shanti | Francesca Simon | Shanti (deceased) | Tibetan Spaniel | Dog |
| My Pets | Jean Ure | Thomas, Titch, Bella, (cats), Dolly, Daisy, Minnie, Gertie, Benny, Sasha. | Fox Terrier, Tabby, Mongrel, Jack Russell, Norfolk Terrier, Springer Spaniel, German Shepherd-Collie | Cats and Dogs |

## Reception

CBBC has done a book club report on it by Katie Thistleton, citing part of it as a "brilliant read". In The Guardian newspaper review, Kat Winter has given it an 8.5 out of ten, commenting on the fact the stories were too short, she wanted to find out more.