Bicycling to the Moon

A cat and a dog live as the most ill-fitting pair of friends in a blue house on a hill. The dog is all industry, forethought, duty, hard work doing all the housework, crop-growing, maintenance, etc, while the cat is sheer fun – with a sense of silliness, and at the same time some quite misguided ideas. The chapters in this book cover arrogance, hubris, accidents, this bit of cleverness and that bit of silliness, and hubris again. In actual fact there are possibly too many of these linked short stories, for the book is quite a dense read for the young. The illustrations are fine, the stories are all well-crafted, different enough and enjoyable – it just seems at times there is content enough for two whole books, meaning this one seems over-stuffed. But I'm sure people will like it, if not only for the value that brings to its purchase.