The Cat Thief

The Cat Thief
Author: Pat Simmons
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2022-02-08
Genre: Australian fiction
ISBN: 9780648964018

Olive would love to own a pet cat but her plan to steal one doesn't seem to be working. Olive has another idea. Will she finally find the cat of her dreams? A humorous picture book for young children up to eight years. The book includes some intertextuality which will amuse adults reading the book out loud. Cheeky, fun illustrations encapsulate Olive's unfortunate efforts as a cat thief.

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam
Author: Tracey Corderoy
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2020-05-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1839941650

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are the world's most useless burglars, and their new master plan for a robbery is going hopelessly wrong! Will their neighbours catch them red-handed? Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are two hapless robber dogs who can never seem to fill their swag bags. They've tried the bank, the bookshop, the bike shop . . . and even a plot to rob their neighbours is foiled! But when they decide on a career change and open up a café they realize that, although crime doesn't pay, cupcakes certainly do! Join the fun in this hilarious rhyming picture book adventure. Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam is a hugely successful, action-packed series about two baker-dogs who used to be robbers, but now solve mysteries and sniff out crimes! Tracey Corderoy is a multi-award-winning author and has written over 70 books for children including collaborations with Rosalind Beardshaw and Sarah Massini. Steven Lenton has created many books with Tracey Corderoy and also illustrates books by David Baddiel, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Peter Bently. His books have won awards such as the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and have been selected for the WHSmith Children's Book of the Year and Tom Fletcher Book Club. Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free "Stories Aloud" audio recording. Just scan the QR code and listen along! Read all the Shifty and Sam picture book adventures: Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Cat Burglar Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Diamond Chase Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Missing Masterpiece Have you read Shifty and Sam's two-colour early readers? Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Jingle Bells! Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Up, Up and Away! Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Spooky School Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Aliens Are Coming!

Cat Burglar Black

Cat Burglar Black
Author: Richard Sala
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2009-09
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 159643144X

Trained to be a cat burglar in an orphanage, teenager K. Westree discovers her late father belonged to a secret organization of thieves, and becomes entangled in their plot to uncover a pirate's fortune.

Foxman and the Cat Burglar

Foxman and the Cat Burglar
Author: Delas Heras
Publisher: Double Six Books
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2021-12-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1735317527

He’s a lovestruck stagehand moonlighting as the Foxman. She’s an aspiring actress masquerading as the Cat Burglar. As the clash between their costumed alter egos heats up, their big city dreams threaten to go up in smoke. Cassandra’s life flashes before her eyes when she gets trapped in a subway door. It’s a disappointing life: she never landed the big role and she may be engaged to the wrong man. Rescued by a kind-eyed stranger, Cassandra gets a second chance to make good on her Broadway dreams, straighten out her love life, and deliver some karmic justice to the city in the guise of a slinky Cat Burglar. So long as she can shake off that pesky Foxman and the bungling police detectives on her tail. Wilfredo’s skateboarding fox suit is a hit on Halloween. But an unexpected tussle with a fleeing thief in a Cat Burglar costume leads to a spectacular wipeout. He has no clue his comical mishap has been recorded in a soon-to-be viral video. Nor does he recognize his masked opponent as the green-eyed girl whose number he lost a month ago. Reveling in his every blunder is Captain Pete, the ventriloquist dummy from his childhood, whose snarky comments leave poor Wilfredo clinging to his sanity by his fingernails.

It Takes a Cat Burglar

It Takes a Cat Burglar
Author: Cailin Briste
Publisher:
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2017-04-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781521138823

When Darcelle Lebeau throws off the invisible chains that keep her bound to her family, she discovers a new vocation. Tempted to enter the illegal playground of a man she nicknames Matou, she becomes a cat burglar in training. Deeply ensnared with each task he entices her to fulfill, she fails to discover his identity and true intentions.Sebastian St. Croix, a wealthy businessman, has a dark side. He's a thief, a cat burglar who steals art and historical objects. For one year, he trains Darcelle to become his assistant, remaining incognito, observing her from afar. His admiration grows along with his desire for her with every phase-one challenge she completes. Phase two will test the limits of his control. Hands-on personal training? Yes. Sex? No. With his sister's happiness at stake, nothing, not even the tempting Darcelle Lebeau, can interfere with accomplishing the biggest break-in of his career.The first in the A Thief in Love Romance series of novellas.

The Adventures of Jack the Cat

The Adventures of Jack the Cat
Author: Sven Rodrigues-Wagner
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021-10-24
Genre:
ISBN:

The Adventures of Jack the Cat - The Food Thief - They left Jack as a small kitten on the edge of The Five Streets. He grew up under the paws of Big Boy. Taken in by the leader of 1st Street, he learnt to respect the laws of the streets. Later in life, the role of being a leader fell onto him by chance. Now Jack is the leader of 1st street. It takes all his attention and care to keep life balanced in The Five Streets. Not an effortless task. Jack and the other four leaders keeping the streets together, an ongoing battle for food and protection. Life was good until the day Jack discovers something unusual going on in the streets. Jack's first case will change his and the lives of all the cats living on the outskirts of the Big City forever. Unfortunately, what begins as a simple investigation out of curiosity for Jack quickly develops into a threat to all the cats living in The Five Streets. Change is coming, and an unknown threat is looming on the horizon. Jack the Cat is a new pet mystery series. A Story of a lost kitten found on the streets and its journey through a time of change and danger. Follow Jack and his friends through adventures in and around The Five Streets. Find out more about Jack and the Cats from The Five Streets in this first volume. About the Author Sven Rodrigues-Wagner was born in Bremen, Germany but has made his home in the town of Harlow, just north of London. He attained a bachelor's in economics at college and went on to work in the areas of supply chain and operations for global businesses. Currently, he works as an EMEA Supply Planner for Molton Brown. As well as his day job, Sven has been a keen writer for many years and his move to the UK reinvigorated him to pick up his pen once more. Now he is poised to publish his first children's book, The Adventures of Jack the Cat - The Food Thief. His second book, The Sign of Three also features Jack in another adventure that is planned to follow shortly. In his free time, Sven enjoys reading and writing, playing video games, running and practising martial arts. When he gets the chance he loves to travel, whether it is close to home or further afield, and he has been an annual participant in NaNoWriMo since 2019. He also played American Football in Germany. Sven lives with his wife, their daughter and their cat, Misty MooMoo. They are also visited regularly by several stray cats who appear to have adopted them, at least for the time being. Sven hopes to continue writing about the adventures of Jack the Cat and build it into a series that will one day give him financial freedom and allow him to move into writing full-time. He also has an ambition to run the Ultramarathon des Sables one day, widely recognized as the toughest endurance race on the planet.

Stick Cat: Two Catch a Thief

Stick Cat: Two Catch a Thief
Author: Tom Watson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062411055

Join Stick Cat in this scrumptious story featuring Tom Watson’s trademark laughs, adventure, and hilarious stick-figure drawings—perfect for fans of the Stick Dog, Big Nate, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Much to Edith’s delight, she and Stick Cat are enjoying a lazy day at his apartment. But not for long. Soon, strange and threatening sounds come from the ceiling. What could it be? An elephant? Santa? It’s a man—a masked man! Stick Cat suspects the man is up to no good, while Edith only hopes the man has snacks. When treasures are stolen from their homes, Stick Cat must come up with a plan to stop the burglar. There’s a thief on the loose. He is big, determined, and sneaky. Will Stick Cat convince a hungry Edith to help him catch the thief?

The Scarlet Files: Cat Burglar

The Scarlet Files: Cat Burglar
Author: Tamsin Cooke
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2016-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0192742604

Winner of the Stockton Children's Book of the Year 2017! Schoolgirl by day, cat burglar by night... Scarlet McCall thinks she has it all figured out. She and her dad are on a mission to return stolen treasures to their rightful owners. But when they take an ancient Aztec bracelet, her world turns upside down. Dad goes missing, and mysterious powers erupt inside Scarlet. She's hunted by sinister people, who will stop at nothing to possess the bracelet. Searching for her dad, Scar must learn who to trust before it's all too late.

How to Leash a Thief

How to Leash a Thief
Author: Cat Clayton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2018-03-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692075838

Southern and sassy Steely Lamarr adores pie, her cheeky Chihuahua, and her spiked camo boots. When she learns her dog-grooming shop's night janitor is murdered, and his pup is dog-napped, Steely's dogged determination to discover what happened leads her nowhere but trouble. A series of dreadful events turn her world inside out-a bank robbery, Steely stumbles upon another dead body, and now, she's on the psychopath's radar. With the help of Cuff-her purse pooch, a combative, yet hunky police officer, her best friend Daniel, and her ex-gamblin' grandma, Steely attempts to chase clues and sniff out the killer, before he fetches her.