Fat Cat

Description

Farmers Big and Bluster are bickering over who has the biggest and best cornfield. Meanwhile, Farmer Smarts is quietly confident that his is the best, but he's not saying anything ...One day all three farmers find mice all over the fields! So they decide to take control of the situation by building mousetraps. Farmers Big and Bluster, in their extravagant, bombastic way, both go to town trying to outdo each other by building huge machines to trap the mice. The mice carry on munching regardless ...Meanwhile, Farmer Smarts has got himself a Fat Cat who is the most successful mousetrap of all ...

James Sage is an American children's author who has lived and travelled in many parts of the world. He now lives in the UK in Lincolnshire. His first children's book won the Priz d'Arles. In 1993 he wrote Where the Great Bear Watches, which won the Mother Goose Award. Russell Ayto had a varied career before turning his attention to children's book illustration. He worked as both a postman and a scientific officer. He has illustrated numerous books for children including Whiff by Ian Whybrow. He now lives and works in Cornwall with his wife and two young children