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Bad Cat Good Cat by Lynne Reid Banks with illustrations by Tony Ross

This novel for children is a tale of two very different cats. Turk is a bad cat. He believes that people are there for cats, not the other way around. His person, David loves cats, and loves Turk. He can't see the bad in the cat or the way the cat controls him.

Next door lives Paloma, she is David's friend because both of them love cats, but the cat she gets couldn't be more different from Turk. Peony is well behaved and a model of good catliness until Turk raids her food bowl.

The two cats cause friction between the two friends, which have to be sorted out because they are going on holiday together, without their cats. The cats also will have to sort out their differences and work together.

This book is one that lends itself to being discussed in class as feelings felt by David and Paloma tend to be implicit, also David likes using words starting with cat (catalogue, catacomb etc) but doesn't always have the right definition for the words he uses. The feelings of the cats are more clearly stated and it is a book more about the cats themselves than the owners. It is a pity because issues of jealousy, friendship and protectiveness can be found within the relationship between David and Paloma.

RRP $14.99
Published and distributed by HarperCollins Publishers.
 

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