Matilda’s Cat by Emily Gravett
Published
October 2012 Macmillan
Climbing trees, playing with wool... Matilda is sure her cat will
love these things, but he doesn't seem very enthusiastic. Undaunted, she thinks
up new ways to amuse her reluctant playmate. Tea parties? Dressing up? Or what
about a nice bike ride? As the beleaguered cat goes from nonplussed to
terrified, Matilda gets more and more frustrated. After all, what use is a pet
if it doesn't want to play?
What can I say…I am a huge Emily Gravett fan, she would be in my
Top 3 picture book writers and illustrators!
So when a new Emily Gravett comes in, I am a happy girl. To me a book that is so simple, and can still
tell a good story is something to jump up and down about. So many picture books are being released that
are so deep and meaningful, that they aren’t written for children at all, but
this one will be perfect for any young readers, even more so if that younger
reader is a cat lover.
Matilda is obviously one such cat lover, as not only does she have
a lovely ginger cat, but she is dressed like one too. Matilda thinks that there are lots of things
that her cat should love to do, and on each page these things are listed…and
then crossed off…because Matilda’s cat doesn’t seem to like any of the things
that she should. Some of the things are
understandable, like tea parties and bike riding, but some very cat type
activities like playing with wool and climbing trees are still crossed off the
list.
There are all sorts of little details that you notice in the
illustrations when you start to look, things that show Matilda’s love of
cats. She has a cat on her teapot, on
her hat and her bike, and all of her pictures feature herself and a very
familiar looking ginger cat. As bedtime
approaches however, we do see that her affection may be shared with a love for
dogs also, as she reads a book about Dogs (now that is a familiar book!), had
terriers on her pyjamas, and puppy dog slippers!
Who will like this
book: Girls and boys age 4+
Read it if you like: Emily Gravett
Read it if you like: Emily Gravett
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