Moon Cottage - Cat Books by Marilyn Edwards

Moon Cottage

Moon Cottage is a beautiful timber-framed pantiled-roofed Elizabethan cottage in Hertfordshire in a small town called Rickmansworth just within the M25 girdle around London.

The first book, The Cats of Moon Cottage, opens as Michael and I (and on and off) his three sons start to live there in 1995. Michael has an elderly and very upright neutered moggy tomcat called Septi who has lived with him and his family for many years and is now 17 years old. The cottage then welcomes to its fold the young kitten Ottoline (who becomes Otto) who sets out to beguile the old Septi and who eventually gives birth to three kittens Beetle, Fannie and Titus in the master bedroom within the cottage. front of Moon Cottage

The second book, More Cat Tales from Moon Cottage, takes on where Book One leaves off, with the further adventures of Fannie and Titus and the family within Moon Cottage. Beetle has now left home and lives with a family a mile and a half away on the canal and very happy he is too. Into this haven of female tranquillity enters a young Russian Blue tom kitten called Pushkin and all hell breaks out. It was the hope of the author that Pushkin would father a litter of kittens from either Fannie or Titus but that was not to be.

Book Reviews

White Chin: the cat that walked by his wild lone

Closely observed and very moving, complemented perfectly by fine detailed illustrations.
Michael Foreman

A terrific animal adventure and an incredibly heart-warming story.
Lovereading4kids

This isn't just another animal story: it's a slice of life and the illustrations are an absolute triumph.
Jane Badger

A sensitively wrought and compelling story that takes you inside the mind of a feline. Edwards has captured a voice that young adults will love.
Karin Slaughter

The Cats of Moon Cottage

A vivid, honest and observant book about a life with cats, told with charm and wit.
Desmond Morris

Cat lovers will adore this book. I know I did. A tender story of love between the author and her cats.
Celia Haddon

More Cat Tales from Moon Cottage

A colourful chronicle that celebrates the many ways animals enrich our relationships and our lives. It's catnip for anyone who has ever loved a feline.
Karin Slaughter

The Cats on Hutton Roof

I admire this book even more than its predecessors. I don't think it's exaggerating to say that in some ways it stands comparison with Tarka the Otter. The tone of voice is different, and so is the pace, but the observation and the empathy are of similar quality.

And these, I believe, are the most important things in attempts to interpret the animal world to the rest of us.
Geoffrey Moorhouse

The Coach House Cats

A fascinating account of the intertwined lives of four cats. A touching book, intelligently observed.
Desmond Morris