'Come Down, Cat!' by Sonya Hartnett

Book week often occurs in primary schools and as part of that, my mentor teacher in PAR 2 read to her class a called book Come Down, Cat!  by Sonya Hartnett. With beautiful illustrations by Lucia Masciullo, this book covers the topic about friendship and bravery.

As night starts to fall Nicholas's cat is on the roof and won't come down. Nicholas is worried that his cat may have to face the night alone and tries everything to persuade her to come down but fails. He thinks about the worst case scenarios and start to imagine things such as monsters and ghosts. It’s not until it starts raining when his catch cries for help and he must face his fears to go outside in the dark to save his beloved cat. A lovely read for any child who wants to feel a bit braver of a night.

I loved this book as it tapped into important issues that children could relate to in real life context. Also, the book is full of lots of adjective words (as discussed by my mentor teacher) which allows the students to learn more about describing different things using different words.