Item category 1: Picture Books

The story of the princess who lost her gravity as the result of her father forgetting to invite his sister to the christening, written by the Victorian children's writer.

"The Mousehole Cat" was the winner of the British Book Award for the Illustrated Children's Book of the Year and the British Design Production Award (Children's Books). It was also shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Children's Book Award.

In this book, children can spy characters hiding in the pictures. A poem on each page gives the clue as to what is hiding in the picture opposite. Many well-known nursery characters are included so that young children can follow the rhymes. It was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1978.

A small boy picks out a gleaming Austin Heavy 12/4 as his car. But as the boy is only seven, there was nothing he could do about it. It would be many years and many adventures later that the small boy, now Mr Hardcastle, would meet up with his dream car - Gumdrop.