cats_juvenile_fiction 

Barry is not only very handsome, but he is also a very special cat. His owners, the Dimwiddies, don't realise just how special he is until one extraordinary evening when they're watching the TV quiz show Pick-a-Dilly. To their astonishment, Barry starts to answer the questions - correctly! It's amazing enough that Barry can talk - but his general knowledge is amazing! Barry becomes a TV quiz champion, and soon he's starting to act the star. He becomes very fussy. He is even vainer than usual. But he keeps on winning - until a new quiz champion, Bluey, is brought in from the bush. A dog. Barry hates dogs! His confidence starts to ooze away. There's a disgraceful episode at the studio, and Barry goes back to being a cat, full-time. Although some have rumoured that he's gone to Canberra to be a politician.

6 yrs+