Who Is Whose?

Alex Howes

Henry is worried about his cat Bob being bored when he leaves her at home to go to work. But what Henry doesn’t know is that Bob has a secret life!

As soon as Henry leaves, she rushes off to Ewan, who lives at number 42. He loves to knit and always gives her lots of treats. But when he puts her into a knitted sweater Bob hurries off to Lilly, who presents her as “the new band mascot” to the rest of her band. They don’t play with her much so Bob quits the band and hurries along to Steve Bloom, the gardener. Steve wonders where Bob has been all night, and she helps Steve by digging up the bulbs he has just planted. But soon Bob has to hurry home, so that she can snuggle up on the carpet before Henry is back.

This playful picture book turns the question about if we own our pets or if they own us upside down. Perhaps all of us, even cats and children, own the right to our own world.