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  CONTENTS

  Cover

  About the Book

  Title Page

  Permissions

  Dedication

  FOREWORD

  CAT STORIES

  Leonie’s Pet Cat

  by Jacqueline Wilson

  Catwings

  by Ursula K. Le Guin

  The Daydreamer

  by Ian McEwan

  Ice Lolly

  by Jean Ure

  The Theater Cat

  by Noel Streatfeild

  Through the Looking-Glass

  by Lewis Carroll

  Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat

  by Ursula Moray Williams

  The Cat That Walked by Himself

  by Rudyard Kipling

  Orlando’s Invisible Pyjamas

  by Kathleen Hale

  Soffrona and Her Cat Muff

  by Mary Martha Sherwood

  Varjak Paw

  by S. F. Said

  The Diary of a Killer Cat

  by Anne Fine

  PETS’ CORNER

  Tuffy – Anne Fine

  Our Dogs – Philip Pullman

  Pekingese – Rumer Godden

  Mimi’s Day – Adèle Geras

  Pets I Have Had – Enid Blyton

  My Pets – Michael Morpurgo

  Dog Memory – Malorie Blackman

  My Animal Friends – Dick King-Smith

  Cats – Joan Aiken

  Shanti – Francesca Simon

  My Pets – Jean Ure

  DOG STORIES

  The Incredible Journey

  by Sheila Burnford

  Osbert

  by Noel Streatfeild

  A Dog So Small

  by Philippa Pearce

  The Accidental Tourist

  by Anne Tyler

  Love That Dog

  by Sharon Creech

  The Hundred and One Dalmatians

  by Dodie Smith

  Just William

  by Richmal Crompton

  Born to Run

  by Michael Morpurgo

  David Copperfield

  by Charles Dickens

  Shadow, the Sheep-Dog

  by Enid Blyton

  The Knife of Never Letting Go

  by Patrick Ness

  Because of Winn-Dixie

  by Kate DiCamillo

  The Werepuppy

  by Jacqueline Wilson

  About the Author

  Also by Jacqueline Wilson

  Copyright

  About the Book

  This special anthology features the very best stories about cats and dogs from the world of children’s literature, chosen by bestselling author and Battersea Dogs & Cats Home Ambassador, Jacqueline Wilson.

  Alongside a brand-new story by Jacqueline herself, this beautiful collection includes extracts from treasured classics such as The Hundred and One Dalmatians and The Incredible Journey, modern favourites like The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Killer Cat, and specially written pieces from today’s best-loved children’s writers, including Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman, Philip Pullman and lots more.

  From the elegant cat who loves the ballet and the little witch’s kitten who doesn’t want to be bad, to the poodle who needs a haircut and the most famous spotty dogs of all, this is a book to treasure, share and return to for ever.

  PERMISSIONS

  CATWINGS

  From CATWINGS by Ursula K. Le Guin.

  Scholastic Inc./Orchard Books. Copyright © 1988

  by Ursula K. Le Guin. Reprinted by permission.

  THE DAYDREAMER

  By Ian McEwan, published by Vintage. Reprinted by

  permission of the Random House Group Limited.

  ICE LOLLY

  Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins

  Publishers Ltd, © Jean Ure, 2010

  THE THEATER CAT

  By Noel Streatfeild. Text © Noel Streatfeild, 1951.

  Reprinted by permission of A. M. Heath & Co. Ltd.

  GOBBOLINO THE WITCH’S CAT

  First published 1942 by George G. Harrap & Co. Limited.

  This edition first published 2001 by Kingfisher,

  an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Books, a division

  of Macmillan Publishers Limited. Text copyright

  © Ursula Moray Williams 1942.

  ORLANDO’S INVISIBLE PYJAMAS

  By Kathleen Hale (Warne, 1947).

  Copyright © Kathleen Hale, 1947.

  VARJAK PAW

  By S. F. Said, published by David Fickling Books.

  Reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Limited.

  THE DIARY OF A KILLER CAT

  By Anne Fine (Puffin, 1994). Text © Anne Fine, 1994.

  PEKINGESE

  From THE BUTTERFLY LIONS. Reproduced with

  permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London

  on behalf of Rumer Godden Literary Trust.

  Copyright © Rumer Godden 1977

  PETS I HAVE HAD

  From THE STORY OF MY LIFE by Enid Blyton.

  Permission granted by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

  (Enid Blyton Estate), 338 Euston Road, London, NW1 3BH.

  MY ANIMAL FRIENDS

  By Dick King-Smith. First published by Walker,

  2013. Reprinted by permission of A P Watt at

  United Agents on behalf of Foxbusters Ltd.

  CATS

  Joan Aiken’s introduction to GOBBOLINO

  THE WITCH’S CAT by Ursula Moray Williams.

  By Joan Aiken, text © Joan Aiken. Reprinted by

  permission of A. M. Heath & Co. Ltd.

  THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY

  By Sheila Burnford, published by Random House.

  Reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Limited.

  OSBERT

  By Noel Streatfeild. Text © Noel Streatfeild, 1950.

  Reprinted by permission of A. M. Heath & Co. Ltd.

  A DOG SO SMALL

  By Philippa Pearce (Viking, 1962, Puffin, 1964).

  Text © Philippa Pearce, 1962, 1964.

  THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST

  By Anne Tyler, published by Vintage. Reprinted by

  permission of the Random House Group Limited.

  LOVE THAT DOG

  © Sharon Creech, 2003, LOVE THAT DOG,

  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

  THE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS

  By Dodie Smith. Text copyright © 1956

  The Estate of Dodie Smith. Published by Egmont

  UK Ltd and used with permission.

  JUST WILLIAM

  First published in 1922. This selection first published 1991

  by Macmillan Children’s Books. This edition published 2010

  by Macmillan Children’s Books, a division of Macmillan

  Publishers Limited. All stories copyright © Richmal C. Ashbee. This selection copyright © 2005 Richmal C. Ashbee.

  BORN TO RUN

  Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins

  Publishers Ltd, © Michael Morpurgo, 2007

  SHADOW, THE SHEEP DOG

  By Enid Blyton. Permission granted by

  Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (Enid Blyton Estate),

  338 Euston Road, London, NW1 3BH.

  THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO

  Copyright © 2008 Patrick Ness. Extract from

  THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO by

  Patrick Ness. Reproduced by permission of

  Walker Books Ltd, London SE11 5HJ,

  www.walker.co.uk. Illustration not from original publication.

  BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE

  Copyright © 2000 Kate DiCamillo. Extract from

  BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE by Kate DiCamillo.

  Reproduced by permission of