An Cat Coigreach

Paperback
May 2024
5.25 x 8 inches
148 pages
23 black & white illustrations
ISBN 978-1-77861-035-6
$15.99 CA / $12.99 US/ £8.99 GBP

An Cat Coigreach

Illustrator: June Ghreumach

Pangur is a black cat living happily with his family in Bern, a beautiful city in Switzerland – until the day they decide to return to Scotland! Now he is a foreign cat in Stornoway in the Isle of Lewis, and the other cats are not being kind to him. Pangur decides to leave the island and return to Bern. Surely his family will return too when the autumn storms start…won’t they? Follow Pangur’s adventures across the country, escaping from one danger after the next, until he learns the importance of friends and family.

’S e cat dubh a th’ ann am Pangur agus tha e a’ fuireach gu dòigheil leis a theaghlach ann am Bern, baile brèagha san Eilbhis – gus an latha a tha iad a’ cur romhpa tilleadh a dh’Alba! A-nis tha e na chat coigreach ann an Steòrnabhagh, Eilean Leòdhais, agus chan eil na cait eile coibhneil ris idir. Tha Pangur a’ cur roimhe gum fàg e an eilean agus gun till e gu Bern. Agus tillidh a theaghlach cuideachd nuair a thig na stoirmean as t-fhoghar … nach till? Leanaibh na cuairtean-dànach Phangur thar na dùthcha, a’ teicheadh bho chunnart an dèidh cunnart, gus an ionnsaich e cho cudromach ’s a tha càirdean agus teaghlach.

  • Shortlisted and received ‘Highly Commended’ (Airidh air Moladh) in the Best Book for Children/Young People / Leabhar as Fheàrr do Chloinn/Òigridh category of the 2025 Duaisean Litreachais / Gaelic Literature Awards
  • Winner of the award for Best Unpublished Manuscript for Children/Young People / Làmh-sgìobhainn Neo-fhoillsichte as Fheàrr do Chloinn/Òigridh in the 2022 Duaisean Litreachais / Gaelic Literature Awards
  • Author June Ghreumach received the 2019 Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award for Gaelic Childrens’ Fiction
  • An Cat Coigreach colouring page (A4 format)
  • An Cat Coigreach colouring page (US Letter format for North America)
  • Gaelic word search (from the author’s website)
  • Empathy resource (from the author’s website): Tha tòrr faireachdainnean aig Pangur, ‘An Cat Coigreach’. Tha dà dhuilleag-obrach ann an seo ceangailte ri faireachdainnean. Bhiodh iad iomchaidh a chleachdadh sa chlàs as dèidh do chloinn an leabhar gu lèir a leughadh. / Pangur, the cat in ‘An Cat Coigreach’, experiences lots of feelings. There are two worksheets here on feelings. They would be suitable for using with a class after reading the book.