The Killer Cat's Christmas

by Anne Fine

Published 5 November 2009

The Killer Cat is back for Christmas! A much-loved classic by Anne Fine.

So go on, ask me. 'Dear, dear Tuffy. Why was your Christmas so horrible?'

Well. I couldn't climb the tree.
I couldn't touch the dangly decorations.

And Ellie made me part of her sing-along Christmas performance.
Horrible, horrible, horrible!

But I showed them. I was Tuffy the Acting Cat, superstar. How was I supposed to know things would get so . . . messy?

Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; and Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003.


The Diary of a Killer Cat

by Anne Fine

Published 25 August 1994
Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about.
Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble?
The hilarious antics of Tuffy and his family are told by the killer cat himself.

The Return of the Killer Cat

by Anne Fine

Published 27 November 2003

'Okay, okay. So slap my teensy little paws. I messed up - big time.'

Tuffy can't wait for Ellie and the family to go away on holiday. He and the gang plan to ignore the grumpy new cat-sitter, and run wild all night. But could that furry bundle, suddenly flying through the air, put a stop to all the fun?


The Killer Cat Strikes Back

by Anne Fine

Published 4 January 2007

'Okay, okay. So stick my head in a holly bush.'

Tuffy knows what he likes. And he doesn't like the 'art' that Ellie's mum brings home from her new classes. So what's a cat to do?
A few scratches here just happen to shred a painting. A nudge there somehow slips a vase off a shelf. Dad hope a horribly lumpy clay pot will be next, but Tuffy's having none of it. The killer cat will go his own sweet way!


The Killer Cat's Birthday Bash

by Anne Fine

Published 7 August 2008

Okay, okay. So spank my furry little bum. I held a party.

It was my birthday. How was I supposed to know it wouldn't be the only party around town on that dark and dreary Halloween night?

So things ended up in a bit of a mess. (Well, more than a mess, really. A complete disaster.) But it was not my fault so don't blame me . . .


Tales of a Killer Cat

by Anne Fine

Published 25 November 2004
The Killer Cat is here in two hilarious tales. In The Diary of the Killer Cat Ellie tries to get wild Tuffy to change his murderous ways before he ends up in deep, deep trouble. And in The Return of the Killer Cat, while the family is away, the cats can play, but will the grumpy cat sitter spoil the fun?