Language of Cat
Teach me the language of Cat:
the slow-motion blink, that crystal stare,
a tight-lipped purr and a wide-mouthed hiss.
Let me walk with a saunter, nose in the air
Full of wordplay and riddles, with poems that will make you laugh, tell you stories and make you think. Rachel Rooney's prize-winning debut poetry collection, first published in 2011, is now reissued by Otter-Barry books by popular demand, for a new generation of children.
Rachel Rooney is among the most admired children's poets of our time. She worked as a teacher of special needs children while bringing up her three sons, and continues to take a close interest in the welfare of children with mental health problems. She is the author of My Life as a Goldfish (2014), A Kid In Our Class, shortlisted for the CLiPPA Children's Poetry Prize in 2019, and Hey, Girl! (2021). She lives in Brighton, East Sussex.
Ellie Jenkins is a freelance illustrator. She graduated from University College Falmouth in 2010 and has illustrated a wide variety of children's books, including fairy tales, folklore story adaptations, and poetry. She is also illustrator of Rachel Rooney's second collection of poems, My Life as a Goldfish. Ellie Jenkins lives and works in Bristol, England.