The Diary of a Killer Cat (The Killer Cat Series Book 1)

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I try to show that the battle through the chaos is worthwhile and can, at times, be seen as very funny. If this diary is from an animal’s perspective, just like ‘The Diary of a Killer Cat’, this makes the activity all the more interesting and exciting for the class. Therefore, when the neighbours rabbit is found on the living room carpet the family can but only assume that Tuffy is the killer: the one to blame. 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.

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The illustrations in this book can also be used in which to inspire creative writing (writing in a different form again). And finally, Tuffy in The Diary of a Killer Cat being depicted as a cat freely allowed to roam unhindered outside by his owners, by his human family (and pretty much in a not really ever truly negative light, since Tuffy's shenanigans are generally simply shown by Anne Fine as cats just being cats), yes, that does textually annoy my adult self enough that I am most definitely, most certainly also not at all interested in reading the sequels to Diary of a Killer Cat, as I seriously doubt that there will suddenly be a change shown and Tuffy made into a totally, a primarily inside cat (and to also post a caveat that there is a pretty obvious "outside cats are acceptable and normal" attitude presented by Anne Fine in Diary of a Killer Cat thus also very likely in the remaining books of the series).

There are not many complex words in the book, and any words the children get stuck on can be looked up easily in a dictionary. I understand that some readers may not like him but as a cat owner I agree with Tuffy he is only doing what comes naturally to him.

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Though readers often find themselves inadvertently laughing aloud as they read Anne Fine's novels, as she herself admits, "a lot of my work, even for fairly young readers, raises serious social issues.There’s also tons of illustrations, so I think this is a perfect book for parents to read-along with their children.

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From the point of view of their own pet to the point of view of Ellie in the book there are a range of different perspectives that can be explored. The Diary of a Killer’ Cat is unique in that it is told from the viewpoint of a cat- but not just any cat- a funny, sarcastic, wisecracking cat. This book’s simple but effective structure also makes it a helpful book in which children can do comprehension tasks in guided reading activities. As it is from the perspective of a cat (in first person), children could use this technique to practice writing from different points of view. The story is about Tuffy the cat who kills a few animals like birds and even the neighbours pet rabbits which his owners are shocked and put the rabbit back into the cage after they have cleaned it up.On the negative this book would not be good for those sensitive as there is a case of a bunny dying. These novels have proved great favourites with reading groups, causing readers to squirm with mingled horror and delight as she peels away the layers in all too familiar family relationships, exposing the tangled threads and conflicts beneath. Each day “killer” Tuffy brings another dead animal which terrifies young Ellie and angers Ellie’s father so much he nails the cat flap shut.

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The book gives a great account of this as it demonstrates how different the cat’s thoughts are on the situation from the typical ‘human opinion’ which I feel children would find amusing. As they do, it is uncovered that their rabbit had been ill for quite some time and had died of its own accord. I guess if you want your child to read about how doing whatever you want is okay and then lieing to cover it up is okay, then read it. This is the story of a regular cat behaving like a cat, so you have him tell you how he killed a bird and a mouse and how his humans got all historical about it.Therefore if anybody is grieving or particularly fond of animals it is possible they could find it distressing, thus may need to be considered.