NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK MAKES A SPLASH AT TOWER BRIDGE: THE TOWER BRIDGE CAT & THE BABY WHALE

  • We’re not “kitting” around! Tower Bridge is back with a new sequel to its first award-winning children’s book, The Tower Bridge Cat, to keep children engaged and reading
  • The Tower Bridge Cat & The Baby Whale sees Bella the Bridge Master’s Cat return to save a baby whale stuck under London’s defining landmark, with the help of her pilot friend, Maya the Flyer
  • Follow the “tail” of heroism and adventure by author Tee Dobinson over 38 pages, brought to life with beautiful illustrations by Steve Cox
  • Exclusive offer: Buy together with the prequel and save money. Available online here or purchase in the Tower Bridge Gift Shop.

The fictional feline friend residing in London favourite’s landmark, Bella the Bridge Master’s Cat, returns as the star in a new adventure storybook set at Tower Bridge.

All seems to be well at Tower Bridge as everyone prepares for an exciting day with an aerial stunt show from Maya the Flyer. Suddenly Bella notices an unexpected visitor, a lost baby whale! 

  • Will the bridge be able to lift for an incoming ship?
  • How will Bella and the team save the baby whale and get him back to his mother?
  • How will they be able to ensure the air show can go ahead as the crowds gather?

Bella enlists the help of her friends including the Bridge Master, Stan the Stoker, Hannah the Cook (inspired by Hannah Griggs, a real-life cook at Tower Bridge in the 1910s), before Maya the Flyer helps Bella come up with a brilliantly daring plan to lead the whale to safety.

Full of wonderful illustrations from Steve Cox and an exciting “tail” of peril and heroism by Tee Dobinson, this book in the Tower Bridge Cat series is ideal for primary school children, or as a bedtime story for younger children.

Fans may be fur-miliar with Bella, following the award-winning prequel The Tower Bridge Cat, which sees the furry Londoner caught in an adventure inspired by the true story of a bus jumping over Tower Bridge in 1952.

The series is available to purchase now via the Tower Bridge online shop, https://shop.towerbridge.org.uk/or for those lucky enough to live locally, pop down to the Tower Bridge Gift Shop. https://shop.towerbridge.org.uk/products/tower-bridge-cat-and-the-baby-whale-book 

 

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Notes to editor:

Additional book information:

  • 38 pages
  • By Tee Dobinson & Steve Cox
  • Measures approx. W23 x L23 cm
  • Published by Baizdon in June 2020
  • The Tower Bridge Cat was awarded winner of The Best Children's Publication in 2019 (A.C.E. Product Awards 2019).

 

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