The Cat Thief

Now with a Read-Along video!


Jim Marlowe, a would-be cat thief, picked the wrong day and the wrong kittens to steal. Word got out quickly among the cats and duty called!


About the Author



Joan E. Cass (1901 - 1994) was born the first child and eldest daughter of a Church of England clergyman. She taught her father's younger Sunday School children while she was still at school, and her godmother then paid for her to qualify as a teacher. She subsequently taught and led more than one nursery school, including in London during World War II.  



Later, she became a Lecturer in Child Development at the London Institute of Education.  The main influences on her work came from Sybil Marshall and, indirectly, Melanie Klein. A prolific children’s writer, Joan wrote fourteen illustrated children’s books, including the Cass Cat Quartet.