A touching story about the power of having a friend to support and encourage you.
In this case, it helps that the friend is the fastest animal in the world!”
Stephanie Smith
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“Athena the Cheetah” is a tale of loss, grief and finally acceptance. Beautifully illustrated and rich with emotional depth, “Athena the Cheetah” will bring a tear to your eye and a smile to your face.
Jhonti Bird
“The healing power of wild creatures is the central theme of this sweet children’s story about love and loss. A power to which I can testify having lived much of my life in wild Africa, seeking often the balm of nature to give me courage and strength.
Athena the cheetah celebrates the happiness that animals can bring to us and we can give back to them- symbolising a relationship with the natural world that is increasingly important to nurture as we deepen our understanding of our dependence on the biosphere for survival.”
Saba Douglas Hamilton
It is always rather daunting setting up shop somewhere as high profile as Waterstones, Kings Road to an audience composed purely of oneself.
Fortunately, though, it was not long until Oscar worked his charm and a small group of children quickly built up, to listen to Oscar and Angus’s adventures, adventures that were to be continued long into the night with kind Grannies- the best of readers; they could give me a run for my money!
What a wonderful time at the Wimbledon library. It was the biggest turn out for a book reading that I have ever had! Full of lots of eager young faces, fresh after their first few days back at School to listen to stories about Oscar and Angus, eat shortbread biscuits and think about kind things we can all do for others in 2020.
We have been delighted to welcome Molly to the Bridport Literary Festival this year with her utterly charming stories of Oscar the Ferry Cat.
She oozes energy and enthusiasm for her work and our young audience (and some older ones!) passed a happy Storytime hour with her on a Sunday morning.
It may have been Bridport but we were all transported up to the West coast of Scotland! Thank you Molly for being so friendly and easy to work with!
Joanna Jacobson, children’s book festival, Bridport
Molly has been our three-year-old daughter’s baking buddy since the spring. She has had the most wonderful time! Molly is the most brilliant and devoted teacher and has put in so much love and effort to wonderful costumes, detailed recipe notes, certificates and a scrapbook of pictures at the end! Eleanor has learnt so much from her and is now frequently to be found “baking” with her dolls and teddies! And it’s been a treat to come home and discover the most delicious treats awaiting us- most notably strawberry tarts, a raspberry pavlova, Halloween cupcakes and many more.
Alix Young, mother of Eleanor Young
“A big thank you to Molly Arbuthnott for coming into Big Sky this week and reading her fabulous book “Oscar the ferry cat.” The children enjoyed every minute (especially the biscuits!)
Stephanie, Big Sky Nurseries
Molly came to spend the afternoon with my Year One class at my school in Hackney, London during summer term 2019.
She came very prepared with lots of fun props for the children to interact with and nice story boards for the interactive whiteboard. The children loved her stories and had lots of questions for her afterwards!
They have spoken about her visit for some time… and the delicious cat-shaped biscuits she brought too!
Alice Peman, Rosemead School
“Molly was brilliant when she visited our school. She took the time to meet with our children and shared her stories animatedly with the children. She has been a real inspiration encouraging many of our children to be authors themselves. Thank you!”
Jason Gayler, Handcross Park School
