This is a sweet story of an orphan boy who becomes a bellboy at the London Savoy when he meets the beautiful Russian Prince Kaspar the cat. His adventures with the cat lead him to stowaway on the Titanic, “the only cat who survived its sinking.” Gorgeous illustrations. This is the British version and it’s a gorgeous book. The book says it is for 7+ years, maybe so, for a child who can deal with a lot of death and sadness. ( )

Story of a poor bellhop at the Savoy in London who befriends a rich Russian Opera singer and her cat Kaspar. When the singer is killed by a car, the boy Tom takes it upon himself to hide and look after the cat in the hotel. By doing so, he befriends a little girl who adopts the cat and decides to take it with her to the US on the Titanic. Tom stows away, they hit an iceberg and he must try and rescue the girl's family and the cat. Lovely touching story . ( )

When kaspar the cat first arrived at London’s Savoy Hotel, it was Johnny Trott who carried him in. After all, Johnny was a bellboy and was responsible for all of Countess Kandinsky’s things— including Kaspar. But when tragedy befalls the Countess during her stay, Kaspar becomes more than Johnny’s responsibility: Kaspar is Johnny’s new cat, and his new best friend.And when Kaspar and Johnny meet Lizziebeth, a spirited young heiress, they find themselves journeying across the Atlantic with Lizziebeth’s family on England’s newest and most magnificent ship, the Titanic. Because there is always adventure in the air with a cat like Kaspar around. After all, he’s Kaspar Kandinsky, Prince of Cats, a Londoner and a New Yorker and, as far as anyone knows, the only cat to survive the sinking of the Titanic. . . .

Kaspar prince of cats by Micheal Morpurgo is about a little boy who works at a hotel as a bell boy and a women singer came to the hotel to stayed.The little boy and the woman became good friend.One day the woman died so he went into the woman's hotel room and found a cat.The cat and him became good friends.The singers friends came to get the cat and when the were going ,they ask the little boy if he wanted to go with him to the titanic.The little boy said 'no because if he goes he will lose his job'.But he went to say good bye but the boat left the place before he got out. This book is really good and it talk a little bit about freindship. ( )

A fun, fast-moving, and most enjoyable old-fashioned tale. ( )