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Wright drawings by Barry Moser
Stories will talking animals are hit or miss for me (usually miss) I can't articulate why only a few work for me or what it is I like but I know it when I see it. Like Underneath by Appelt or Whittington by Armstrong this hits the mark.

The Cheshire Cheese Cat is co-author Deedy's first early reader and an excellent one at that. The story is a fun hat tip to Charles Dickens featuring a cat named Skilley with a secret. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is an inn known for having the best cheese in London. They also have a mouse problem. Skilley the only street cat that doesn't have a taste for mice bought into to Ye Olde to kept the population down. This is perfect for Pip, the mouse in charge. Pip and Skilley make an arrangement so everyone is happy. Everything is going well until Pinch a very vicious cat is hired. Pip and Skilley have to be extra careful that their secret isn't discovered.

When I started reading this I couldn't put it down. It's one of those books that makes me wish I had a fireplace to read by. Moser's illustrations which are sprinkled throughout are lovely. Along with the short chapters make this a great choice for a read aloud. There's another layer to this story involving a Raven that makes it that much more intigruing. The Cheshire Cheese Cat has everything, adventure, unlikely friendship, danger. and beautiful language.

"Scat, cat!" A broom came down hard out of London's cold and fog. Startled, Skilley leapt sideways and the broom whiffled empty air. The cat however, refused to scat. He eyed the dead fish then the broom, calculating the distance between the two. "Off now, you thieving moggy," the fishmonger shrilled. As if reading his thoughts, she kicked the fish under her stall and cocked the broom for another swing. Fishwives. the curse of London cats. With a flick of his peculiar tail, Skilley turned his back to the woman, putting all the disdain he could muster into the sway of his hips."

Deedy and Wright have collaborated to create a wonderful story. A 2011 favorite that I believe is a serious contender for the Newbery.

Three Starred Reviews - Kirkus, School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly.


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The Cheshire Cheese Cat A Dickens of a Tale Carmen Agra Deedy Randall Wright Barry Moser 9781561455959 Books Reviews

I lovely book and as usual the bad guy didn't and didn't win most miserably.
If you like cats and stories about cats, and if you like cheese and stories about cheese and if you like Charles Dickens and books where Charly Dickens is a character, you will love this book.
I got this for my 4th grade son (9 yrs old) when we learned that the author, Carmen Deedy, would be visiting his school. He loved the book and was thrilled that he got to meet her and get her to sign his copy of the book. She was a great story-teller in person and it really comes through in her books as well.
reading revolution
I like the book so much that I bought 5 books so far as gifts for my friends.
The story is heart warming and the illustration is lovely.
Yes, it is an animal story but when I was reading it, I was totally captured by all-so-human of it.
Also, the authors didn't forget to put the crispy taste of humor. )
Overall, it was the best book of this year for me. I would have given more stars if it were possible.
(Warning, possible spoiler alert)

When I first opened Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright’s “The Cheshire Cheese Cat,” I was, I have to admit, disappointed. I expected actual cheese. But once I became acquainted with Skilley, the brave feline protagonist, and Pip, his tiny murine accomplice, I cheered them through plots so twisted it would take the Queen’s own seamstress to put them to rights. I was right on the seat of my tail every time cook showed up with her iron ladle, the skulking alley cat Pinch got his paws on a mouse, or the famous Dickens himself seemed about to undo Skilley’s house of cards, all for want of a piece of cheese. But no one in the Cheshire Cheese Pub was without secrets, and one after another, they all were revealed, with an ending so uproarious you wouldn’t have been surprised if the Queen Herself were to appear…
Book #7 Read in 2013
The Cheshire Cheese Cat by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright (YA)

This is a cute book. As an English major, I enjoy the literary characters and references to the works of Charles Dickens. Skilley is a street cat who ends up being allowed to live in the The Cheshire Cheese inn. As rent, he is supposed to hunt the evergrowing mouse population. But Skilley has a secret--he does not like to eat mice. He would much rather eat cheese. Skilley meets Pip, an intelligent mouse and the two strike up a deal that works well for them both, until an evil street cat, Pinch, is brought in to help decrease the mouse population. Pinch definitely prefers mice to cheese as his diet mainstay.

This book was cute. The animal characters were cute, as were the illustrations throughout the book. The idea of such a unlikely friendship could be used as a lesson to younger readers. I enjoyed this book.

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Wright drawings by Barry Moser
Stories will talking animals are hit or miss for me (usually miss) I can't articulate why only a few work for me or what it is I like but I know it when I see it. Like Underneath by Appelt or Whittington by Armstrong this hits the mark.

The Cheshire Cheese Cat is co-author Deedy's first early reader and an excellent one at that. The story is a fun hat tip to Charles Dickens featuring a cat named Skilley with a secret. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is an inn known for having the best cheese in London. They also have a mouse problem. Skilley the only street cat that doesn't have a taste for mice bought into to Ye Olde to kept the population down. This is perfect for Pip, the mouse in charge. Pip and Skilley make an arrangement so everyone is happy. Everything is going well until Pinch a very vicious cat is hired. Pip and Skilley have to be extra careful that their secret isn't discovered.

When I started reading this I couldn't put it down. It's one of those books that makes me wish I had a fireplace to read by. Moser's illustrations which are sprinkled throughout are lovely. Along with the short chapters make this a great choice for a read aloud. There's another layer to this story involving a Raven that makes it that much more intigruing. The Cheshire Cheese Cat has everything, adventure, unlikely friendship, danger. and beautiful language.

"Scat, cat!" A broom came down hard out of London's cold and fog. Startled, Skilley leapt sideways and the broom whiffled empty air. The cat however, refused to scat. He eyed the dead fish then the broom, calculating the distance between the two. "Off now, you thieving moggy," the fishmonger shrilled. As if reading his thoughts, she kicked the fish under her stall and cocked the broom for another swing. Fishwives. the curse of London cats. With a flick of his peculiar tail, Skilley turned his back to the woman, putting all the disdain he could muster into the sway of his hips."

Deedy and Wright have collaborated to create a wonderful story. A 2011 favorite that I believe is a serious contender for the Newbery.

Three Starred Reviews - Kirkus, School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly.