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Toto the Ninja Cat and the Legend of the Wildcat

Book 5 - Funny and action-packed animal adventures with hilarious illustrations for kids aged 7-10

Dermot O’Leary, Author

Nick East, Illustrator

Series: Toto

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Publication date: March 17, 2022

Category: Animal stories (Children's / Teenage)

ISBN: 9781444961683

Series: Toto

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Publication date: September 16, 2021

Category: Animal stories (Children's / Teenage)

ISBN: 9781444961676

From bestselling children’s author and broadcaster, Dermot O’Leary, comes an action-packed adventure. A legendary wildcat is roaming the Scottish Highlands and it’s up to Toto the Ninja Cat to track it down!

Toto’s brothers, Silver and Socks, and their best friend Catface have just been made Deputy Ninja Cats! But while celebrating, they accidentally break a boat belonging to a very important cat and find themselves heading north to a bootcamp for naughty animals.

Deep in the Scottish Highlands, they must climb mountains, paddle leaky canoes and prove that they can work as a team. But something isn’t quite right at the bootcamp, and Toto’s ninja senses are on high alert …

There is a local legend of a super-strong wildcat, destined to raise an army and take over all of Scotland. Toto knows she must find out more, but danger is lurking at every turn. Can she find the mysterious wildcat, 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 themes of friendship, inclusivity and winning in the face of adversity, this is a hilarious must-read for all animal-loving kids!

Have you seen Toto’s other adventures? The Great Snake Escape, The Incredible Cheese Heist, The Superstar Catastrophe, The Mystery Jewel Thief and The Pirate Treasure Hunt are out now, and make perfect gifts for young readers.

Dermot O’Leary has also written Wings of Glory and Spy Fox – funny action-adventure stories set during the Second World War.

Dermot O’Leary

Dermot O’Leary is the bestselling author of the five books in the Toto the Ninja Cat series.

He started his career on T4 for Channel 4 and has also presented shows for both ITV and the BBC.

Dermot presents a Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2, ‘Saturday Breakfast with Dermot O’Leary’. The show is produced by Ora Et Labora, the production company Dermot co-founded in 2008.

Ora Et Labora also produces Rylan’s BBC Radio 2 show, a number of podcasts and the TV show ‘Reel Stories’ for BBC2, looking back at iconic singers’ lives on screen.

In 2019, he launched a podcast, ‘People, Just People’ with Audible, featuring guests including Stephen Graham, Ed Miliband and Eni Aluko.

He lives in London with his wife Dee, their son Kasper and their cats Socks and, of course, Toto.

You can find Dermot on Twitter and Instagram: @radioleary

Nick East

Nick East is the illustrator of the bestselling TOTO THE NINJA CAT series, written by Dermot O’Leary. He is also the illustrator of Michelle Robinson’s popular GOODNIGHT . . . series. He worked for many years as a museum designer but has always been a storyteller whether, as a child, filling sketchbooks with quirky characters or, as a designer, displaying a collection of ancient artefacts. Nick is based in York.