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My son enjoyed reading this book and he liked looking at the pictures. He has also liked making the shortbread!

We were lucky enough bough to win this book. I wasn't quite sure whether my 5 year old would get the book, but she did indeed. We have now read this book 3 times over, breaking into 3 evening read.

Book is very funny, and well told. Really happy to have read this book. Thank you.

My 4 year old daughter and I loved reading this book together. She loved the illustrations and laughed the whole way through it at the King, as we were reminded of the Kings inability to do anything due to his servants. My 6 year old is now looking forward to reading it on her own. I'd definitely recommend this book. It's fun to read along with your child and they will enjoy looking at the illustrations.

We read this book together, a few chapters each night (10 year old dd and 5 year old ds). They both really enjoyed it and looked forward to it immensely :)

We found there were lots of things which sparked lots of questions and thoughts and ideas and loved the beautiful illustrations too. I thought there were quite funny, subtle jokes like recognising the king's former staff in their new roles and we laughed at the Dad's attitue to the garden party (and likely to be similar to their own dad's).

A lovely story and beautiful book.

My daughter read this in 2 days she said it was a very easy & great read,she completely recommends this book.

I was very impressed with this book, not only is it a good read and packed full of beautiful illustrations but also very well made with quality materials. I will read it to my four year old, who will love looking at the pictures and making up sub plots about the characters. He will also be able to read some of the words himself and enjoy the jokes. I am sure it is a book that he will keep coming back to for a long time. Thank you for this.

I've really enjoyed reading this book with DD1. She's not quite up to reading it independently, but didn't want to have it all read to her either. We both found it funny and engaging. The pictures are great, as you would expect.
I'd recommend it.

My 9 year old really enjoyed this book and talked about it a lot. She is not a big reader so this was really pleasing for me she started reading it to her younger sister which I will be continuing with in the coming days. A big thumbs up from us!

I didn't win one but as huge fans of his illustrations in the Jacqueline Wilson books we had to buy this one

It was good for younger reader and I think she will then go on to read Jacqueline wilson books (sorry for mentioning her twice!) like her sister because of the familiarity of the pictures. She liked the cat character best and we have plans to make the shortbread this weekend

This was a much enjoyed book - a comical twist to every day life is how my daughter described it. Very funny story with lovely illustrations which raised a discussion when it arrived as my daughter was adamant that Nick Sharrat was an illustrator and not an author. Looking forward to his next offering!

DS 7 enjoyed reading this book, the pictures were fantastic and kept him giggling. The chapters are quite short so a great way to break up the story for bedtimes.

Really enjoyed reading this book with my DD. The illustrations are great as they are with all nick sharratt books! It was a really engaging and funny story brilliant for bed time.

DS (7) really enjoyed this book. The story was very funny, and the pictures were lovely. He was also a big fan of the recipe at the end.

I also enjoyed reading the book with him, but not quite as much as I wanted to. There were lots of clever bits, with You Choose style lists of things they bought etc, but I felt it was a bit lacking on the characters. A very beautiful book, but I'm not sure it's a future classic.

have never known the kids to talk about a book as much as they have about the cat and the king, the story seemed to have stuck in there minds been talking about it over the breakfast table and they can tell me almost word for word what happened the night before as I get ready to read it with them at bedtime it full of beautiful pictures too which brings the book to life and of course we had to make the shortbread a few times

My 5 3/4 year old daughter has really enjoyed this book. We enjoyed it together with DD able to read some of it herself and she is now very proud that she can actually read bits of a proper chapter book. The plot is fun and she liked the relationship between the cat and the King.

I expected there to be brilliant illustrations in a Nick Sharratt book but didn't expect there to be as many pictures. It really helps to bridge the gap between picture books and more traditional text-only chapter books. The illustrations were a big hit with my daughter and she also loved the glittery gold cover. I'm being nagged to make the shortbread recipe soon and she has been busy trying out the Royal jokes.

We'll definitely look out for any future books - perhaps further adventures of the Cat and the King?

Nick Sharratt's new book tells the story of a very clever cat and a" not so" clever king. They must find another home as their castle has been burned down by a dragon. They move to a town close and the cat introduces the king to domesticity. " BEWARE THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON"

I always love Nick Sharratt's picture books but he has surpassed himself with this novel. It's completely delightful and I love the inclusion of the shortbread recipe.

Thank you mumsnet for this book. My 7 year old niece loved it and is already badgering my brother to help her make the shortbread at the back.

We got our book about a week ago and my eight-year-old daughter was really pleased to get it as she loves Nick Sharratt's books and his illustrations. I asked her what she thought and she said: "I really enjoyed it, it was a very funny story and the pictures were brilliant. There's a king who's good at king-y stuff like being important with all his servants, but then his castle burns down thanks to an Unfortunate Incident with a dragon and he has to find a new normal life with his best friend the clever cat. My favourite characters were the cat and the next door neighbour and I liked the recipe at the back."

My 9yo daughter read this. She loved the way the book was set out and especially the illustrations. She really enjoyed the jokes and found the servants very funny. There is a recipe at the back of the book which my daughter is already asking to make. I had a read through as well and thought that my 5yo would love the story so am about to start to read to her as her bedtime story over a few nights. Great book that is lots of fun to read!

We always look forward to Nick Sharratt's illustrations and really enjoyed this book.

It's a great one for children who are moving on from picture books & starting to read longer stories/chapter books. The characters are lovely (especially the cat) and we would love to read more about them.

It was great to include a recipe for royal shortbread at the end, though perhaps it would be even better if the recipe could be on a detachable card to use in the kitchen.

I am reading this nightly to my 4 year old.

Each chapter is the perfect length for a bedtime read (two chapters if I'm feeling generous).

It stretches her vocabulary nicely with repeated words like "forlorn" and we can talk about what they mean.

She loves the parts where the king recognises his old staff and likes flipping back to find them.

I would have liked to have seen at least one of the main characters to be female. Too many books where the narrative protagonists are exclusively male.

My 6 year old daughter loved this book,she had read it in two days.
She liked all the illustrations and it was nice to have a recipe at the end of the book. Lovely book and such a high standard and quality. Thanks for sending us the book.

My 5 year old enjoyed this very much. We read the first few chapters together then she finished the rest independently. Seemed the perfect read for around 5-9 years, interesting and engaging but short chapters and plenty of illustrations. My DD particularly liked it as the story is a little unusual and she said it was very funny. We would definitely buy future novels from the author.

Thank you for our copy. My 7 year old loved this book. She enjoyed reading it to me, and loved the story. We both thought it was a great book!