Whittington [sound recording] / by Alan Armstrong.

Author: Armstrong, Alan W., 1939-

Edition: Library ed.

Publisher: New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2006.

ISBN: 0739337009
9780739337004

Description: 4 sound discs (ca. 72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject: Whittington, Richard, d. 1423 Legends Juvenile fiction.
Whittington, Richard, d. 1423 Legends Fiction.
Cats Juvenile fiction.
Cats Fiction.
Domestic animals Fiction.
Audiobooks.

Performers: Read by Joel Rooks.

Notes: Unabridged.
Compact discs.

Contents: Whittington meets the lady -- The animals in the barn -- Bernie and how he got the horses -- Abby and Ben meet the horses -- The lady tells the barn about Whittington -- The animals tell Whittington about themselves -- Havey and the cat's surprise -- The last day for baths -- The lady asks Whittington to tell his story -- The man Whittington named himself after -- Dick's dream -- Dick goes to London -- Dick arrives in London -- The boy goes to work for Fitzwarren -- Ben's first reading lesson in the barn -- Blackie arrives -- Dick meets his cat -- Out with the owls -- Spooker is sick -- Ben's reading -- To Africa on the Unicorn -- The registered letter -- Ben's school principal visits the Texaco -- Reading recovery -- Dick sees a beautiful girl in black -- Two newcomers join the barn -- Dick's cat returns -- A hawk attacks the lady -- Ben goes to reading recovery and meets Miss O'Brian -- The cat's operation -- Dick meets Will Price again -- Willy the goat's surprise -- Dick sees the girl in black again -- Marker raids the barn -- Dick decides on the dangerous voyage -- Ben's decision -- A token for Mary -- Gent arrives -- A rescue -- Dick's cat is lost at sea -- Mary -- Ben's triumph -- Life in the barn continues -- The last warm afternoon of Autumn.

Summary: Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story.