Tigger and Friends

by Dennis Hamley, Meg Rutherford (Illustratrator)

A champion fighting cat named Tigger learns to share his house with another cat, who is gentle and friendly, and this spirit of cooperativeness becomes useful to Tigger later in his life.

Genres: Childrens, Cats, Fiction

32 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1989

About the author

Dennis Hamley was born in Kent in 1935 and lived in southern England throughout the war. After attending Cambridge University and completing a PHD at Leicester, Dennis went on to teach English and work in Education as a tutor and advisor.

He began writing in the 1970s and quickly showed his versatility. From the supernatural, to football to wartime novels, Dennis’s beautifully simple prose transports the reader effortlessly to the world of his novels. Many of Dennis’s tales center on uncovering the truth and revealing hidden stories. He uses period details and sensitive characterization to bring history and its people to life. He is passionate about providing page-turning reads for a new generation of discriminating readers.

Reviews

[Kitty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Someone posted this on Twitter. Very, very lovely and sad.

https://twitter.com/starcourser/statu...

[Marina · Rating 4 out of 5]

** Books 99 - 2019 **

3,7 of 5 stars!

I found this books when i read from e another twitter user @starcourser please read her tweets about this beuatiful books. I thought it just an simply fairytales or children books but unfortunately i'm wrong!

This pieces teaches an young children how to understand if someone that we loved to is passed away. I just love the idea and how we will deal with the sadness and grief. This books is so light so everyone can read it

[Stef · Rating 3 out of 5]

menahan nangis ngga sengaja baca ini di kantor T.T. Really thank you for starcourser who share this book in twitter, I never thought that childern book can have theme how dealing with sadness and grief.

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know about this as a children's book, but it is definitely written by a cat-lover! Oh the cat-feels!

[BRNTerri · Rating 3 out of 5]

SPOILERS- I'm not impressed with this and felt it lacking and kind of pointless. I thought the cat dying was going to be a lession to small children about how to deal with loss...but it wasn't. The cat was dead one moment, burried in the yard, then in the next moment a new cat was brought in to take his place.

[Ange · Rating 2 out of 5]

This does have lovely illustrations but it is a disappointing read. Not the topic, but the execution which feels clumsy and poorly written.

[Adrienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

My all-time childhood favorite (alongside Stellaluna). I’m glad my mom saved it for me to have for my kids. It’s such a beautiful story with lovely art and, since it’s from the perspective of a cat who can feel things like friendship and anger and sadness but doesn’t necessarily understand them (because he’s just a cat), it’s able to portray complex emotions like loss and grief in a very approachable way. I just read it for the first time in years (this time to my daughter) and it holds up even more as an adult—although now to my older soul it’s 100% a tearjerker.

[Becka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tigger and Friends is a beautiful childrens book which deals with the issues of friendships and death in an unique way. It tells the story of a Brown Burmease cat called tigger in a series of enchanting illustrations. The whole tale is charming and origional and this has to be my favorite childrens book. it's a shame more people havn't read it.