Mog and the V.E.T.

Written by Judith Kerr

Narrated by Tacy Kneale

Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat…

Mog is everyone’s favourite family cat! Join her in this warm-hearted and funny escapade about Mog’s sore paw, and her trip to the V. E. T…. Read by Tacy Kneale!

Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Mog the Forgetful Cat with special anniversary editions of her much-loved adventures.

From the creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat comes a delightful family adventure about a really remarkable cat, as read by Judith Kerr’s daughter, Tacy Kneale!

Mog is chasing a butterfly one day, when something happens to her paw… Ouch!

“She’ll have to go to the vee ee tee,” says Mrs Thomas. But before they can make her better, Mog causes a great ruckus at the vet’s surgery…

Mog the Forgetful Cat was first published fifty years ago, and Mog has been delighting children all over the world with her adventures ever since. These books are the perfect gifts for boys, girls and families everywhere!

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Release date: Feb 1, 2024
• ISBN: 9780008695880

Reviews for Mog and the V.E.T.

[abigailadams26 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

When Mog injures her paw while chasing butterflies, the plump kitty is bundled off to the veterinarian, or "vee-ee-tee" as Mrs. Thomas is careful to call him, reasoning that while Mog might hate the vet, "she probably couldn't spell." Here Mog makes her discontent known, meowing loudly throughout the whole ordeal, bravely resisting as the vet attempts to extract her from her carrier basket, and taking the first opportunity to escape, after he has pulled a thorn from her paw. Chaos naturally ensues, as the dogs in the waiting room give chase, and the people attempt to restore calm. Mog dreams happily that night, but the vet is left a little less composed...As someone who for many years had a cat companion notorious for her uncooperative behaviour at the vet's office, Mog and the V.E.T. (originally published as Mog and the Vee-ee-Tee) had me giggling in guilty recognition as I read it. My cat used to splay her legs wide, and hang on to the inside of her carrier for dear life, once we reached the examination room at the vet's, so it was amusing to see that Mog too was reluctant to emerge, and that her basket had to be held upside down to encourage it. Mog's stories always have a little bit of the surreal in them, so I was unsurprised to see that our feline heroine ends the tale with a beautiful dream in which she herself now has butterfly wings. Hybrid animals do seem a hallmark of her dream life, and can also be seen in Mog in the Dark and Mog and the Granny. I wasn't prepared for the vet's dream, in which he envisions himself surrounded by wild animals in need of his attention, but it was an amusing touch. As always with Kerr's Mog books, the accompanying artwork is intensely droll, capturing Mog's changing emotions, from pained anguish, to angry discontent, to pleased relaxation. Fans of Mog will enjoy this fourteenth title devoted to her doings, as will young cat-lovers in general.