Book description
Ernie loves music and he loves his cats, and he always counts his cats
at dinner time. There's Bert and Whistle, one and two. Then, suddenly
one day, there's three! Sly black cat Jezebel has sneaked in and somehow
got a share of Bert and Whistle's food, their home, and Ernie's
attention. The first two cats are NOT impressed by Jezebel's lively
tales of hiding in cars, stealing butter and taking the best chair, but
when she wanders off again, they're surprised to find they miss her.
Ernie thinks maybe she'll be lured back by some lovely Mozart, but Bert
and Whistle have a better idea...
Alison Prince is an established author of children's books and was
joint-winner of the Guardian Prize in 1996, sharing it with Philip
Pullman! She also writes poetry and won the Literary Review Annual
Poetry Prize in 1997.
She has recently published a biography of Hans Christian Andersen,
the research for which entailed her learning Danish.
Author lives: Isle of Arran, Scotland
