This book by Lynley Dodd takes pains to deeply explore the sociological complexities of a neighbourhood's-worth of cats when they congregate nocturnally to sit on fences & make noises. I can't say from experience how reliable this image is, as though having had a pet cat in the past I don't ever remember it sneaking out in the small hours to meet other cats and sit in prominent places to mewl, screech and whine until people threw shoes at them, but maybe that's just me. In any case - as with all of Dodd's oeuvre, this is a top-notch kids' book with lively characterful illustrations and rhyming-couplet text that rolls off the brain so well that I basically was able to recite it upon rereading despite it being a good two decades or so since I've read this one. Worth a punt as a children-gift.
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