Magical Moggies with Philip Ardagh & Rob Biddulph

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Imagine every time you went for a nap you woke up at the start of an adventure. That’s exactly what happens to the star of Philip Ardagh’s new series, The Nine Lives of Furry Purry Beancat. When Beancat wakes up and discovers she’s a railway cat, can the magical moggy help her friends solve a mystery on the tracks? Find out as Philip reads an exciting extract from The Nine Lives of Furry Purry Beancat: The Railway Cat, then draw along with illustrator Rob Biddulph as he shows you how to create your very own Beancat in this a-meow-zing event for curious cats everywhere.

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