Cat Weatherill is a performance storyteller, appearing internationally at storytelling and literature festivals, on national radio and television, and at schools throughout the country. This is her first novel for children.
Barkbelly
A Magical Adventure
Barkbelly is a mesmerizing mix of magic and adventure set in a beautifully realised world that is almost, but not quite, like our own.
Barkbelly is a wooden boy who falls from the sky and is brought up by loving human parents. But his life falls apart after a terrible accident and he has to go on the run. Full of poetry, magic, and dark twists of fate, Barkbelly discovers what can happen when your dreams come true.
A startling fresh voice in children’s books! Cat Weatherill is one of our great storytellers, vivacious and inventive. She brings all her consummate skill to the creation of her first magical book.’
Michael Morpurgo, Children’s Laureate
‘Just wonderful. Cat has brought her vivid storyteller’s gifts straight on to the page -- her Barkbelly is a lively, affecting wooden hero, as much a real boy as Pinocchio ever was. This is a magical and moving debut.’ Erica Wagner, Literary Editor, The Times
Fresh and immediate in its telling and traditional in its appeal, Barkbelly will delight the imaginations of both boys and girls and is set to become a contemporary classic.
