Mog in the Dark - Judith Kerr

My goodness this is a strange book! We love the Mog books and our daughters have most of them so we bought Mog In the Dark to add to the collection. Unlike the others though, this one is very random... Mog is a grey tabby cat who belongs to the Thomas family. The Thomas' are your classic nuclear family - mum, dad, girl (Debbie) and boy (Nicky). While the other Mog stories tell of some adventure or another that Mog has been on, 'Mog in the Dark' is basically about a dream she has. She falls asleep in the garden one night and dreams that the birds she sees turn into fierce monsters and become a mouse/dog/bird hybrid - a 'mouse dog bird thing' but as the ...  Read the complete review

Mog in the dark One of the ever popular Mog books, this appeals to children's sense of humour STORY AND ILLUSTRATIONS The story focuses around Mog, the stripey grey and white cat; if children have read any Mog books before they will be instantly familiar with her 9we assume it's a she). Mog is outside and not happy because she want to be inside with her people- cue a picture of a quite sad looking cat and a picture of her imagining her people sitting cosily in the house. Her wonderings make her wonder who else could be outside in the dark. She imagines a bird and this makes her think that it could be a big bird with sharp ...  Read the complete review