The best children's books about cats include Mog the Forgetful Cat, Tabby McTat, There are Cats in This Book, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons and Oi Cat!

We all know that cats are mysterious and magical creatures.

Revered by ancient civilisations, cats are believed by many to have amazing hidden powers, to sense a ghostly presence and to even ward off evil. They can leap and land as if gravity doesn't exist, and have exceptional night vision and lightning fast reflexes that makes them fearsome hunters.

Cats can move almost silently, using their whiskers like a radar to detect and judge the smallest of spaces. And legend holds they have nine lives, which all go to help as they disappear off for another nighttime adventure. 

It’s no wonder that cats feature so brilliantly in children’s books.

We meet brave cats in Kaspar, Prince of Cats, a compelling tale of a cat who survives the sinking of the Titanic, and Pusskin in The Last Journey, who leads his fellow feline friends to the safety of Cat Island.

There are cats with extraordinary powers in the action-packed Super Cats, while Magicat sparkles with magical fun, and Star Cat (half spaceship, half cat) stars in a brilliant space-adventure graphic novel series.

And purr-fectly pitched for newly independent readers is the mystery-solving detective Kitty, starring in her own irresistible series.

We also celebrate some much-loved classics, including Dr Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat, Tabby McTat from the incredible partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, and, of course, Mog The Forgetful Cat from the pen of the wonderful Judith Kerr.

Questions we get asked

What are the classic children's books about cats?

Judith Kerr's Mog books, starting with Mog the Forgetful Cat, and Julia Donaldson's Tabby McTat.