Life is pretty scary when you're only a kitten and you have to contendwith such daily dreads as giants, crocodiles, Wiggly Thingmajigs and, most frightening of all, the dark, hairy forest. Luckily, Mama Meow is never very far away. Then one day, Scaredy Cat comes face to face with an incy-wincy spider - and discovers a tiger-cat bravery he neverknew he had.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1998 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Joan Rankin studied Graphic Art at the Michaelis School of Art in Cape Town. Her first children's book was published in 1986 and in 1991 she won the Katrine Harries Award for her illustrations.