Miaow Miaow Bow Wow first appeared in Miaow Miaow Bow Wow first published in Great Britain in 2000

by Orion Childrens Books This edition first published in Great Britain in 2012 by Orion Childrens Books a division of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd Orion House 5 Upper St Martins Lane London WC2H 9EA An Hachette UK Company 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Text copyright Francesca Simon 2000, 2012 Illustrations copyright Emily Bolam 2000 The rights of Francesca Simon and Emily Bolam to be identified as the author and illustrator of this work respectively have been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Orion Childrens Books. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978 1 4440 0470 0 Printed in China The Orion Publishing Groups policy is to use papers that are natural, renewable and recyclable products made from wood grown in sustainable forests. The logging and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. www.orionbooks.co.uk

Dedication to come

Come and join all the Buffin Street dogs, cats, rabbits, puppies and parrots, and find out what really goes on when their people are out of sight

Miaow Yow Yow! Miaow Yow Yow! Miaowwwww Yow! Every night Kit, Joey and Flick entertained Buffin Street with their Alley Cat Chorus.

Sometimes Millie sang along from her third floor window.

Sometimes Sour Puss did too.

Me Me Me Me Yowwww!

Mee eee eee eee Yowww!

Sometimes even the people who lived in Buffin Street joined in.

Be quiet! Shooo!

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Dizzy thought the Alley Cats sounded wonderful. I wish I could sing with them, he said to himself. Why should cats have all the fun?

The cats were skulking around the bins, as usual. Please could I join the chorus? said Dizzy.

The cats looked at one another. Next day he went over to the alley. But youre a dog, said Flick.

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