Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape: Book 1
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By Dermot O'Leary, and and, Nick East
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From bestselling children’s author and TV broadcaster, Dermot O’Leary, comes an action-packed new adventure from Toto the ninja cat – a snake has escaped London Zoo and it’s up to her to find it! Purrfect for fans of The Aristocats, The Secret Life of Pets and Atticus Claw Breaks the Law.
Toto the cat and her brother Silver live footloose and fancy-free in a townhouse in London. Toto is almost totally blind, and learned to trust her senses from a ninja cat-master who taught her back in Italy where they were born. By day, Toto and Silver seem to be ordinary cats, but by night, they love to have adventures!
One evening, news reaches Toto that a king cobra has escaped from London Zoo! Together with help from a very posh cat and two hungry tigers, Toto and Silver must investigate. Can they find the giant snake, before it’s too late?
Ideal for reading aloud or for children to curl up with and read alone, the story features brilliant black and white illustrations throughout by Nick East. With gentle themes of friendship, inclusivity and winning in the face of adversity, this is a hilarious must-read for all animal-loving kids!
Dermot says: ‘The idea for Toto first came to me when my wife and I rescued two stray cats from an olive grove in Italy. One of them, Toto, has been blind from birth, but we quickly realised she had ninja-like reactions. Like a lot of cat owners (or cat servants), we like to imagine our pets having secret lives when we’re out or asleep. So before I knew it I was writing about Toto and her brother Silver’s nocturnal adventures around London. I really hope that children who pick it up enjoy reading the adventures of our little Italian underdog (cat).’
Have you seen Toto’s other adventures? The Incredible Cheese Heist, The Superstar Catastrophe, The Mystery Jewel Thief and The Legend of the Wildcat are out now, and make perfect gifts for young readers.
For more animal adventures, discover Wings of Glory. Can one tiny bird help to win a world war? A funny action-adventure story with a feathery twist, from the bestselling children’s author of Toto the Ninja Cat, Dermot O’Leary, with glorious illustrations throughout by Claire Powell.
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I would recommend this book to someone else because it is all about mystery, ninjas and dairy since silva toto’s brother gets very distracted by it.
I really like this book because it’s about cats, which are my favourite animal, and it’s really exciting too.
Brill
Very nice I don’t know how to read like 10 pages but I wanted to read a lot more so it’s really fun really tight is because we love cats levelers that you like and love it
Lots of action and lots of funny bits!
Very good and a nice quick read
Silver seemed funny to me. And Cat Face was weird. I would recommend this book.
Toto was my favourite character - I loved her ninja moves. I also liked Belinda, the girl snake.
I think this book is really good because Toto the ninja cat was very smart. He could smell when danger was near.
Amazing story. Really love the adventure
GREAT I loved it , it is the best book I have ever read
It was very interesting when you found out the truth about Brian the king cobra . I also understood it a bit more now I do martial arts (mixed)!
I liked how they made friends with the snake.
This is fiction. I got good fun reading all series of this book. It's fun and interesting.
My favourite character is Silver. I like him because he has a very fancy name and he eats anything!
She is a really good Ninja!
I loved the characters and the story was exciting
As a new addition to the school library, I had a read. Our Y3 children would enjoy this light humoured story. It was easy to read.
GREAT, GREAT ,GREAT. I would SO suggest this.
I thought it was very surprising that Toto the ninja cat defeated the King Cobra snake called Brian and 2 tigers 1 called Jae Jae and 1 called Merati.
My favourite character was Toto
I find it interesting because toto is helping a snake save his true love
I liked it when Brian and Brenda the snakes made a heart shape on the window ledge.
I would give this 10 stars if I could!
I wasn't much of a reader but then I found the toto books and I have finished reading the first book and it was BRILLIANT it's got loads of humour and it's very sweet I highly recommend reading these books
One of my favourites. It interests me and I always want to know what happens next. Would definitely recommend. I love it!
I like the book because I think Brian is a bit funny (he is a king cobra).
The was a very good book, I only did not like the bit where the tiger got scratched on the nose.
I like this book because it shows that even if you are disabled it does not mean that you can not do certain things
i loved it because i like cats i have recomended it to others to
I’m not quite sure why I thought it was Amazing. I like how Toto has a double life as one of the best ninja cats in the world.
