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Cat on the Hill by Michael Foreman (view source)
Revision as of 07:40, 20 November 2011
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The story moves on to Autumn and, although it is getting colder and there are fewer visitors, the cat still gets by through visiting the town at night and finding scraps from outside the bakery or from dropped takeaways. However, when the story moves on to Winter, life is hard and the poor cat feels starving. Chased away by the aggressive town cats, he finds nothing to eat. It's even worse when snow starts falling. Luckily, there is at least one kind soul about who comes and saves the day.
This is a sweet simple story that illustrates how fortunes can change through the passing of the seasons. My daughter loved the fact that the story is told by the cat himself which seemed to really help her to empathise with the way that he was feeling. We felt that this was far more effective than if the story had been written in the third person. For a picture book, there is quite a lot of text, but none of it is too difficult , making this an ideal read for a newly confident reader as well as for sharing together at bedtime.
There are lovely throughout the story and it is fascinating to note the subtle change in colours with the different seasons. There is also a subtle shift in the atmosphere created and some of the images of the mean town cats are really quite menacing.