The Cat That Barked

by Budge Wilson, Terry Roscoe

When Stephanie Henderson moves from Peterborough to Halifax she has to say goodbye to old friends and she has no idea of what will lie ahead. To help her adjust, her parents give her a cat. Stephanie thinks her new cat is perfect but he has one odd trait he barks. Isn't everyone going to think she's pretty weird for having a barking cat?

64 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1998

About the author

Budge was educated in Halifax schools and at Dalhousie University (degree in Philosophy and Psychology, Diploma in Education, Physical Education teaching certificate). She did two years of graduate work in English at the University of Toronto, and worked at the Institute of Child Study (U. of T.) for four years--filing, illustrating, editing, writing. She illustrated three books for the University of Toronto Press, worked for several years as a freelance commercial artist and child photographer, and was a fitness instructor from 1968 to 1989. She has been writing juvenile and adult fiction since 1978, with her first book published in 1984. Her work has been published in ten countries and in seven languages.

After living in Ontario for over twenty-five years, Budge and Alan returned to Nova Scotia in 1989, and live in a small fishing village on the South Shore of the province.

Reviews

[Kathleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Cat That Barked is written by Budge Wilson and illustrated by Terry Roscoe. The author and artist were both born in Nova Scotia.
This children's book has short chapters and is appropriate for both reading aloud, and for young readers to read on their own.
Hoping to help her cope with moving from Peterborough, Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Stephanie's parents give her a cat to love. They take in the sights on the drive east through Quebec, and New Brunswick. Stephanie's cat helps her make new friends.

[Savannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars
At first I thought that Gloria should die but now I only think that Gloria should stop stalking Stephanie.

(The cat is not Gloria. The cat is Fido and he is the best)

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

So what's Gloria's backstory and why was she so weirdly in love with her enemy's cat?

Jon (age 8) rates this 4.9 stars "because there were some good parts"