An Cat Coigreach

June Graham, BSc 1993

Pangur is a black cat living happily with his family in Bern, a beautiful city in Switzerland – until the day they decide to return to Scotland! Now he is a foreign cat in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, and the other cats are not being kind to him. Pangur decides to leave the island and return to Bern. Surely his family will return too when the autumn storms start…won’t they? Follow Pangur’s adventures across the country, escaping from one danger after the next, until he learns the importance of friends and family. 'An Cat Coigreach' or 'The Foreign Feline' is a Gaelic children's book published by Bradan Press, Nova Scotia. It is aimed at children age 8 to 12 and is inspired by a real-life story. The author's cat went missing shortly after a move from Switzerland to Stornoway. When Pangur reappeared 2 years later, she and her family were left with many questions: why did he leave, where did he go, what did he do? 'An Cat Coigreach' was written to answer these questions - from the cat's point of view, of course. June Graham's father is a native Gaelic speaker and she learnt Gaelic as an adult. Since she was speaking Gaelic to her children, it felt natural to tell Pangur's story in Gaelic.

ISBN: ISBN 978-1-77861-035-6