Varjak Paw

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This cat must learn to fight! Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten. He lives high up in an old house on a hill. He's never left home, but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret martial art for cats.

'There are Seven Skills in the way of Jalal,' whispered the Elder Paw. 'We know only three of them. Their names are these.Slow-Time. Moving Circles. Shadow-walking.' Now Varjak must use the Way to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs, cat gangs and, strangest of all, the mysterious Vanishings.

With stunning illustrations from acclaimed graphic artist Dave McKean, this much-loved story won the Smarties Prize Gold Award and has become a modern classic.

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This cat must learn to fight! Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten. He lives high up in an old house on a hill. He's never left home, but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret martial art for cats.

'There are Seven Skills in the way of Jalal,' whispered the Elder Paw. 'We know only three of them. Their names are these.Slow-Time. Moving Circles. Shadow-walking.' Now Varjak must use the Way to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs, cat gangs and, strangest of all, the mysterious Vanishings.

With stunning illustrations from acclaimed graphic artist Dave McKean, this much-loved story won the Smarties Prize Gold Award and has become a modern classic.

If you would like to be invoiced for this product (or would like a different quantity), please email julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk with an order number and we’ll be happy to help.

We love this book because it is:

  • about friendship & loyalty

  • has an interesting structure including dream sequences

  • is great for teaching inference

  • an action-packed adventure

  • uses darkness, weather & the senses to create tension

Learning opportunities:

  • Writing: write a story filled with suspense using Said’s methods for creating tension

  • Writing: write a description of an object Varjak might not have seen before (like the car) using figurative language

  • Research and write non-chronological reports about different breeds of cats

  • Art: paint & display pictures in the style of Varjak Paw

  • Science: sound

  • PSHE: Discuss ‘You take enough and no more. That is the way the world is made.’

  • PSHE: Discuss the scars on Varjak & link to mental health

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