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Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

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Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell

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By Chris Riddell

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Introducing Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of Disguise, and her partner in crime, Mr Munroe. Ottoline and the Yellow Cat is a quirky mystery-adventure from Chris Riddell, author of the award-winning Goth Girl books.

No puzzle is ever too tricky for the two of them to solve . . .

Ottoline lives in a stylish apartment in Big City with a small hairy creature called Mr Munroe. Together they look after the Brown family’s eclectic collections – and dabble in a spot of detective work. So they are the first to the scene of the crime when a string of high-society dog-nappings and jewel thefts hits Big City.

Ottoline (who luckily has a diploma from the Who-R-U Academy of Disguise) and Mr Munroe go undercover – and expose an ingenious scam masterminded by furry feline crook, the Yellow Cat . . .

Winner of the Nestle Prize, and crammed with black-and-white illustrations, Ottoline and the Yellow Cat is a perfectly-packaged and collectable book from the 2015–2017 Children’s Laureate.

Though they can be enjoyed in any order, continue the adventures of Ottoline and Mr Munroe with Ottoline Goes to School.

Reviews

28 Nov 2025

it was quite funny and i honestly think it is perfect for little children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

01 Oct 2025

This book was recommended to me by a child. This is my first ever Chris Riddell book that I have read and I was very impressed. In this book there is a little girl called Ottoline and she finds out that lapdogs are going missing and there are robbery's that follow soon after. This book took an interesting turn and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

30 Aug 2025

His drawings are very very good and I like that he came to Hexham Book Festival and showed us how to draw like him

18 Jul 2025

I like this book

26 Aug 2024

It was very intriguing.

20 Aug 2024

I love this story because they find a criminal that is a cat stealing dogs.

19 Aug 2024

One of the best Ottoline books

14 Aug 2024

I liked Mr Munro best

05 Aug 2024

I thought it was really good, it's fun my. Mr Monroe is hairy. The yellow cat was rude and wanted to sneak in toOttolines house and steal things but Ottoline tricked the cat and made the cat go I to the cupboard with all her odd shoes.

12 Jul 2024

I love this book the yellow cat gets busted so bad it hilarious I would recommend this to people who like comedy and pranks

25 Jan 2024

I really liked one of the characters called Mr Munroe because he is the one who makes it fun and he is really, really funny.

21 Jan 2024

It was ok but I didn’t enjoy it that much. I prefer funnier stories

13 Jan 2024

Loved the story but could have been longer with more descriptive words.

08 Sep 2023

I read this story over and over and over again - once I read the whole book in one sitting!

03 Sep 2023

Visually exciting and a fun story. I enjoyed this book and think children at KS1 and lower KS2 would like it too.

31 Aug 2023

It's a good book. There is adventuring in it.

23 Aug 2023

It was a very good book. I only found middle part boring but interesting!

19 Aug 2023

I liked every bit of this book! I liked the part when Ottoline and her friends set traps to catch the cat burglar.

03 Aug 2023

I liked Mr Monroe's character the best because of his big hair, which reminded me of Cousin It from the Adams Family. He was very brave for going to the top of Pepperpot Tower to look out into the rain.

I liked that they solved the mystery without parents.

02 Aug 2023

I enjoyed this book because it is a mystery story and I like mystery storys

31 Jul 2023

It was about a girl who solved mysteries.

25 Jul 2023

this book is one of my fave books

20 Jul 2023

I liked this book because Mr Munroe disguised himself as a dog and the funny outfits that Ottoline wears. I would tell my friends to read it to!

10 Jul 2023

My favourite characters are mr munroe and ottoline as they solve a mystery.

09 Jul 2023

I loved the illustrations and the characters

08 Jul 2023

It was the greatest fiction novel I have ever read. Ottoline worked hard to solve a mystery. Everyone should read it.

27 Jun 2023

There was a clever plan and the yellow cat got caught

03 Apr 2023

Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris RIDDELL

This is my third favourite book in the Ottoline series but the first in the series. Since I love yellow and cats it's really perfect for me!
Ages: 4-9
Read if you like:
Mystery
Detectives
Pets
Freindship
Animals

06 Feb 2023

This book was fun, I like how the pictures are part of the story.

16 Dec 2022

This book is a clever mystery about missing pets. The illustrations are fabulous. I recommend this book to people who enjoy intelligent and amusing reads.

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