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Il Gatto Che Se Ne Andava Solo (1976)

by Rudyard Kipling(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

8879340441 (ISBN13: 9788879340441)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Mursia

review 1: This is a fun, short, "just so" story that takes the reader back to the dawn of man and the creation of his relationships with the animals. The edition I read is not the one pictured and does not appear to be listed on Good reads. It was published in 1982 by Macmillan and is very nicely illustrated by William Stobbs.The outline story tells how the dog, horse and cow become friends with man's wife (and then man himself), who bargains with all of them in turn to fulfil a certain role in return for food and shelter. The cat however refuses to become subservient preferring to come and go as he pleases. A bargain is made between the cat and man's wife in which the cat manages to gain some benefits for playing with the baby and chasing mice. However when man meets the cat he ref... moreuses to honour the agreement as it was not made between he and the cat. The dog also refuses to accept the agreement and in the final paragraphs of the story there is an amusing explanation about why three 'proper' men out of five will throw certain things at cats and why dogs will chase cats up trees.I liked this book because it stimulated discussion. My children were interested about man and man's wife living in a cave. They were also curious about the animals and the moral of the story. I enjoyed Kipling's distinctive narrative and there are little phrases that are frequently repeated so it is easy to encourage participation from the listener. I think it would be a good story for reception to lower key-stage 2 and has good cross-curricular threads that could be developed quite easily.
review 2: A beautiful little hardback published by the British library, suitable for adults and for children both to be read to and to read, from about the age of 7 onwards. Contains four of Kipling's Just So stories: 'The Cat that Walked by Himself', 'The Elephant's Child', 'How the Camel got his Hump' and 'How the Rhinoceros got his Skin'. Each is accompanied by Kipling's original black and white illustrations with his self deprecting commentary, pictures which perfectly partner Kipling's lyrical mythical text. less

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