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However, crying into his fur and having funerals for his various victims does not stop Tuffy from going on his mischievous rambles in the middle of the night. Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.
The Diary of a Killer Cat - Twinkl The Diary of a Killer Cat - Twinkl
This was one of my favourite books when I was younger and re-reading it several years later it is so clear why! How was I supposed to know it wouldn't be the only party around town on that dark and dreary Halloween night? The punctuation, repetition and use of various lengths of sentences enable the book to be an easy yet interesting read, and therefore can be used to help children develop their writing skills. A cat’s eye view of a week in which his family fail to appreciate the results of his hunting - and blame him for killing next door’s rabbit when all he has done is to dig up the corpse.I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community. Therefore if anybody is grieving or particularly fond of animals it is possible they could find it distressing, thus may need to be considered. During the Christmas break I read this book with my 7 year old cousin who just absolutley loved the story. This book’s simple but effective structure also makes it a helpful book in which children can do comprehension tasks in guided reading activities.
The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine Group and guided reading
As they do, it is uncovered that their rabbit had been ill for quite some time and had died of its own accord. From the point of view of Tuffy, Anne Fine’s book gives a comical account of what it could be like to be a cat. Not knowing what to do with the rabbit, they then clean the grass, bits of twigs and oil off its fur and sneakily put it back into its hutch in the dark.Her novel The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal, and was adapted for television by the BBC; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize, and Madame Doubtfire was made into a major feature film.