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Have you or your child read The Cat and the King by Nick Sharratt? Post your feedback on the book by 25 October for a chance to win £100 Love2Shop voucher!

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SorchaMumsnet · 05/09/2016 15:10

The Cat and the King is award-winning Nick Sharratt's debut novel. We're giving away 50 copies so head to the giveaway page to apply for yours!

It tells the story of a king who has to live in the real world after an unfortunate incident involving a dragon and his castle. With help from his best friend, a very clever cat, he learns to negotiate his way through supermarkets, bargain hunts and bus queues. But is that the last they've seen of that pesky dragon?

We ask all winners to share their thoughts (and their children's thoughts) about the book on this discussion thread. However, you don't have to win a free copy to take part in the discussion - anyone who has read The Cat and the King can post their feedback here (and you can buy the book now).

Everyone who posts on this thread before 25 October will be entered into a prize draw to win a £100 Love2shop voucher.

This giveaway is sponsored by Scholastic

Have you or your child read The Cat and the King by Nick Sharratt? Post your feedback on the book by 25 October for a chance to win £100 Love2Shop voucher!
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BearAusten · 04/10/2016 18:04

My six year old enjoyed this book. It is good book for the crossover from picture to chapter books. The illustrations are bold, funny and plentiful, whilst the chapters are not too long. It even has a dragon in it. Overall, a great book, where both King, and hopefully, young reader learn a little more about friendship. (We already had this on pre-order even before the giveaway. We didn't regret it.)

searchingforcalm · 04/10/2016 12:20

Thank you mumsnet for our copy. We are big fans of Nick Sharratt in this house and were very excited about his debut novel, particularly my 9 year-old daughter who is crazy about cats. She pounced on the book as soon as it arrived and read it from cover to cover straightaway. She said it was really, really, good and really funny. I look forward to reading it to my 4 year old although my daughter says he might not get some of the jokes. I'll try and come back with more comments once I've done so.

countingdown · 04/10/2016 11:46

Thank you so much for sending me a copy of this book. My children are 8 and 6 and both absolutely loved it. The text is simple enough that they would manage to read it independently, but we enjoyed reading it together. Lovely story and fab illustrations. The book itself looks great with its Royal looking cover. My children particularly enjoyed looking closely at the pictures to spot the servants as they popped up in various places! A great book, thanks again.

Toberich · 03/10/2016 20:37

Thank you so much for my free copy ! My daughter is delighted with it, loved the story & the pictures. Really love the gold cover ! Some nicely challenging words for a young 7yo as well. I would definitely recommend this book for a lovely present 🙂👍🏻

redalertalpha · 02/10/2016 09:03

Book arrived on Friday and my 9 year old read it in an hour, he loved it, said it was a very funny great story!

elizimmy · 01/10/2016 23:11

We received our copy yesterday. DD, 9, is currently reading it then I will be reading it to my youngest DD (a big Nick Sharratt fan). Will pop back again with our thoughts. First impressions were good, an eye catching and interesting book with Dr Seuss style black, white and red illustrations.

shadydelta · 01/10/2016 18:04

Here is my 9 year old daughters thoughts.
"I really liked this book. It was really detailed. It was about a king and a cat who had to move house because of a dragon. It was very funny and i loved the pictures. I liked the servants the best because they were so funny. I would like to read another story about the same characters and think the book had just the right amount of chapters in it. I would buy it with my pocket money. I couldnt put it down until i finished it all!" Kaylan.

tworonnies1957 · 01/10/2016 12:39

many thanks for the free copy looking forward to reading it with the kids

scarcelyodd · 01/10/2016 07:42

We received our free copy yesterday and six-year old DD has just finished reading it! She loved it and the illustrations were as good as you'd expect.

ScarlettDarling · 05/09/2016 18:09

We've always loved Nick Sharrat's illustrations...really excited to read his debut novel!