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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781775437086 (paperback)
Name	Brocker, Susan, 1961- author.
Title	Mrs Chippy the cat / Susan Brocker ; Raymond McGrath.
Published	Auckland : Scholastic New Zealand Limited, 2021.
Published	©2021
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 27 cm.
Notes	"True NZ story" --Front cover.
Summary	This is the tale of Mrs Chippy, a tomcat who was a loyal and loved companion to the crew on Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition to the Antarctic aboard the Endurance. The cat proved to be a great rat-catcher, and the crew felt he was their lucky charm. The ship's carpenter, Chippy McNeish, is buried in Karori Cemetery in Wellington, and a statue of the cat lies on his grave.
Target audience note	3-5 years old.
Subjects	Mrs Chippy (Tabby cat) Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
	Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
	Tabby cats -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
	Children's stories -- Pictorial works
	New Zealand fiction.
Genre	Biographical fiction
Genre	Picture books
Other Names	McGrath, Raymond illustrator.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Biographical fiction . Children's stories -- Pictorial works . Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition -- (1914-1917) -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction . Mrs Chippy -- (Tabby cat) -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction . New Zealand -- Fiction . Picture books . Tabby cats -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction . See Also: Fiction . Children's stories, New Zealand . Authors: Brocker, Susan, 1961- . McGrath, Raymond .

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Mrs Chippy the cat / Susan Brocker ; Raymond McGrath.