Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Gobbolino the Witch's Cat 2) Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse 1) Illustrated by author 2) Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum Ursula Moray Williams (1911-2006) began writing and illustrating books at the age of nine or ten, together with her twin sister. Over the course of a long career, she wrote more than sixty books for children, illustrating many of them herself. She was also a juvenile magistrate.

Gobbolino is supposed to grow up to be a witch’s cat, just like his mother and like his sister, Sootica, wants to be. But Gobbolino is different from the rest of his family. He has blue eyes and one white paw and what he really wants is to be a kitchen cat and have people who love him. The story follows Gobbolino in his quest to find a home. A gentle story still making children – and cat lovers – smile over 75 years after its first publication. Gobbolino The Witch’s Cat is probably the best known of Ursula Moray Williams’ books, after Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse, published three years earlier. In 2017 a new edition was produced celebrating seventy-five years since its first publication.