No Cat, and That's That!

by Bruce Dawe

Sam desperately wants a cat but her Dad keeps saying no, then that night something happens.

56 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Donald Bruce Dawe AO (15 February 1930 – 1 April 2020) was an Australian poet, considered by some as one of the most influential Australian poets of all time.

Awards
1965 – winner of the Myer Poetry Prize
1967 – winner of the Ampol Arts Award for Creative Literature[6]
1968 – winner of the Myer Poetry Prize
1973 – winner of the Dame Mary Gilmore Medal
1978 – winner of the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
1979 – winner of the Braille Book of the Year
1980 – winner of the Patrick White Literary Award
1984 – winner of the Christopher Brennan Award
1990 – Paul Harris Fellowship of Rotary International
1992 – made an Officer of the Order of Australia: "In recognition of service to Australian literature, particularly in the field of poetry"
1996 – Alumni Award by the University of New England
1997 – winner of the inaugural Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writers' Festival
2000 – Australian Council for the Arts Emeritus Writers Award for his long and outstanding contribution to Australian literature
2001 – awarded the Centenary Medal for "distinguished service to the arts through poetry"
- Wikipeadia

Reviews

[Jill Smith]

Sunny begged her parents for a cat. Her dad said ‘No cat-and that’s that!’

There was a storm that night and she thought she could hear something over the rain on the roof.
Could it be a kitty? She went to the front door and peeked out.

What could she do? She’d be in trouble if she bought it in. It looked up at her. She was soaking wet. Sunny picked her up, cuddled her, and then dried her.

Would her dad be angry? Her brother's dog was enough.

Sunny called the kitten rainy. Now, mum said they had Sunny and Rainy days.

[Bonez]

One of the books that started my reading passion as a kid.