Mog the forgetful cat is a childrens story which has charmed generations of children. The book is hard back, 40 pages long although half of these are the illustrations and is I would say aimed at the 2-5 age range.

We read the book regularly to our little one who is currently 14 months and the response is mixed, however I think this is because we've started reading too early rather than it being a bad book.

The story tells the tale of Mog a forgetful cat who sometimes forgets that there is a catflap to get in and out of her owners house, she exasperates her family by scaring the kids, sleeping in front of the television and making a terrible mess around the house, but while Mog can be annoying and frustrating something happens which proves that she is a very useful cat and delights her family.

The book is a childrens classic written by Judith Kerr who has created an entire series of books in this range, the writing is simple, with some words which I felt were perhaps ill-placed for books for such a young age, but overall, it provides a good moral and shows why pets can be much more than simply animals and are truly a part of the family.

The illustrations are well done and easy to follow, Mog is very carefully drawn and the animation has an old style charm to it. As the story develops the child follows the twists and turns of Mog's behaviour perfectly until the outcome provides them with a little moral and an uplifting ending.

We bought the book on Amazon for £4.43 although it is available for much less via Marketplace, we were swayed by the 5 star reviews on both Dooyoo and Amazon, it is something my partner read as child but I have no experience of.

Overall I think this book will grow on our little one, I hope it grows on me too, its professional, ticks all the right boxes and is clearly a well thought through book, but I found it a little dull compared to a lot of books i've read recently, I hope as little one grows and reads it themselves they will get more from the book and from reading reviews believe this will be the case.

It is a good book, well made, very solid with the hard pages and beautifully illustrated, I will give it a 4 out of 5 which I hope I can update in 6-12 months if we both start to enjoy it more, we will try other books in the series after this one.