I bought a little set of three books from Tesco for my son this Christmas. The books were branded bedtime stories and came packed in a little white hard case which just slotted the books in nicely. One of the books in the set was Mog the forgetful cat.

The book Mog the forgetful cat is by Judith Kerr and was first published in 1970! I think I remember my mum reading a range of Mog books to me when I was a child and so it still remains a classic book really. This little book was published in 2010 for the purpose of the gift set and is a hard backed book which feels of really good quality.

Mog the forgetful cat is the story of a cat called Mog funnily enough! The story talks about the family that Mog lives with and how she impacts on their lives. Mog is a lovely cat but she is very forgetful and this leads to her forgetting she has a cat flap to enter the house and so she will jump up at the window all of a sudden causing Mrs Thomas to drop the lunch. Mog also seems to be in the way an awful lot either be it with her tail draped over the television screen or sitting on Mrs Thomas's hat! Mr and Mrs Thomas will both be found frequently saying "Bother that cat" and so one night feeling like nobody likes her Mog leaves the house through the cat flap but of course she forgets how to get back in! Seeing that the kitchen light is on Mog jumps up at the window as usual hoping that someone will let her in but she actually disturbs a burglar who drops his loot and wakes the Thomas's up therefore saving the day!

What I like about this story is that it is written in very short sentences meaning that young children can have a go at reading it themselves whilst those that are too young to read it themselves will not get too bored as you are reading it to them. I do think some stories for young children can sometimes be overly complex with the language but this is not the case with this story and my son both enjoys reading and listening to this one.

Another nice feature of this book is that the text is intertwined into some really lovely illustrations and I think that they are really endearing. What I particularly like is the emotions which are portrayed on Mogs face as the story goes on and we see her scared, happy and sad and this is represented really well in the illustrations. There is a lot of scope to just talk through the pictures in this book rather than read the actual text as you can work out what is going on from the pictures very well. It makes me laugh that at the end the burglar is being given a cup of tea along with everyone else in the house!

My son has enjoyed having this book as a bedtime story and whilst I wouldn't say it is one of his favourites it is one that we read from time to time. I would say it is a pleasant book to read and it doesn't appear to be too old fashioned despite being around forty years old! The set I picked up cost £5.00 from tesco and it contained three small books but you can buy this book individually from amazon from £3.49 and it is available in paper back as well as board book variety for younger children.

Thank you for reading my review!