The Adventures of Mookie: A Cat with Attitude

This heart-warming and charming series of stories is beautifully written and easy to read, designed to spark children’s curiosity about wildlife and environmental issues. Young readers will be captivated by Mookie’s adventures as he explores his garden and the neighbouring ones, encountering unexpected surprises along the way.

Mookie’s fun-loving, mischievous nature makes him an engaging character who keeps readers entertained while introducing them to a variety of creatures, both big and small. Not all of Mookie’s fellow creatures are his fans, though! Skilled and cunning as he is, he doesn’t always outsmart his foes and often finds himself in sticky situations. Fortunately, with a little human help, he always manages to escape unscathed.

Through Mookie’s light-hearted adventures, young readers will gain a deeper appreciation of the natural world and learn how they, too, can help nurture and protect it.

Valerie Montero, a former civil servant, lives in Teddington, in the London Borough of Richmond, with her husband. She has three adult children and three grandchildren. For a number of years, she has been a volunteer based in Bushy Park, West London, with The Royal Parks and the Field Studies Council, taking local schoolchildren on the nature trail and welcoming them and other family members at the Visitor Centre. During this time, she has developed a keen interest in natural history and, in an increasingly technological age, a growing awareness of the importance of connecting children to the natural world. She was awarded an MBE in the late Queen’s New Year’s Honours List in 2004.