When the owners of 'Prosperity' choose a little kitten to be their new ship's cat, they think he's a girl and name him Doris! But soon Doris finds this isn't his only problem: settling into life on board and finding his place alongside the ship's dogs, Little Madge and Big John, and Freda, their dotty bird, is going to be tricky. Not to mention facing the local shipyard bully, Jasper. Can Doris find his feet in this new world and learn to be proud to be a ship's cat?

Meet a brilliant cast of animal characters in this charming story of friendship and belonging, with beautiful black and white illustrations throughout.

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Hachette Children's Group .

Jane Simmons first came to fame with her delightful picture books about Daisy the Duck, which went on to become best-sellers across the world.