Paws and Whiskers
Paws and Whiskers is a 2014 fundraising anthology for the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, featuring children's stories about cats and dogs selected by Jacqueline Wilson, with illustrations by Nick Sharratt. Published 13 February 2014 by Doubleday Children's, the stories include new works and extracts from classics, such as The Hundred and One Dalmatians, by Dodie Smith, and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.
Also called Battersea Cats and Dogs Anthology before publication, the book is under licence from "Battersea Dogs' Home Ltd.", with royalties from book sales going to support the charity.
Besides the Cat Stories and Dog Stories sections, with the Pets' Corner section features new stories by notable children's authors about their pets.
Extracts from the book
Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan
Ice Lolly by Jean Ure
The Theatre Cat by Noel Streatfeild
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Gobbolino the Witch's Cat by Ursula Moray Williams
The Cat that Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling
Orlando's Invisible Pyjamas by Kathleen Hale
Soffrona and Her Cat Muff by Mary Martha Sherwood
Varjak Paw by S. F. Said
The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Osbert by Noel Streatfeild
A Dog So Small by Philippa Pearce
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Just William by Richmal Crompton
Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Shadow, the Sheep-Dog by Enid Blyton
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The Werepuppy by Jacqueline Wilson
Pets' Corner stories
The "Pets' Corner" section of the book is where famous authors talk about their pets.| Title of Article | Name | Name | Breed | Dog or Cat |
| Tuffy | Anne Fine | Tuffy | Unknown | Cat |
| Our Dogs | Philip Pullman | Daisy, Hoagy and Nellie | Two Pugs and one Lurcher | Dogs |
| Pekingese | Rumer Godden | Piers | Pekingese | Dog |
| Mimi's Day | Adéle Geras | Mimi | Tabby | Cat |
| Pets I Have Had | Enid Blyton | Bobs, Sandy, many nameless puppies, Lassie, Laddie Bimbo and Rufus | Fox Terrier, Cocker Spaniel and Tabby. | Dogs and Cats |
| My Pets | Michael Morpurgo | Prynne, Puck, Katie and her puppies, Arthur, Hal and Galadriel, Sophie and Bercelet, Snug and Bottom, Mini, Simpson and Leo | Prynne, Puck Sophie | Cats and Dogs |
| Dog Memory | Malorie Blackman | Taquis | German Shepherd | Dog |
| My Animal Friends | Dick King-Smith | Anna, Dodo and Elsie | Dachshunds | Dog |
| Cats | Joan Aiken | Gracchus, Hamlet and Darwin | One Tabby cat, others unknown | Cat |
| Shanti | Francesca Simon | Shanti | Tibetan Spaniel | Dog |
| My Pets | Jean Ure | Thomas, Titch, Bella,, Dolly, Daisy, Minnie, Gertie, Benny, Sasha. | Fox Terrier, Tabby, Mongrel, Jack Russell, Norfolk Terrier, Springer Spaniel, German Shepherd-Collie | Cats and Dogs |