The Midnight Kittens (Longbow)

by Dodie Smith

Other authorsJanet Grahame Johnstone (Illustrator), Anne Grahame Johnstone (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1978

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Publication

W.H. Allen / Virgin Books (1978), Edition: illustrated edition, 119 pages

Description

Twins Pam and Tom return home to stay with their grandmother during the holidays. On the first night of their stay, they put out food for the hedgehogs Gran has seen, but on the stroke of midnight four kittens appear to drink the milk and eat the bread before disappearing. Where do the kittens come from?

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1978

Physical description

119 p.; 9.29 inches

ISBN

0491024037 / 9780491024037

Local notes

Tom and Pam, orphaned twins who return home to spend their holidays with their grandmother, discover the links between the mysterious kittens that show up on the stroke of midnight, the secrets of dilapidated old Freke Hall, and the birthday wish of a hundred year old lady in a nursing home.

Accompanied by sweet b&w line drawings of cats by the Grahame Johnstone twins.

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