Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Reading Time
    • Home
    • Reviews
      • Highly Recommended
      • CBCA Short Listed
      • Early Childhood Books
      • Younger Readers
      • Intermediate Readers
      • Older Readers
      • Great Read Alouds
      • Information Books
      • Picture Books
      • Professional Development
    • Interviews
    • Suggestions
    • News
    • Meet The Review Team
    • Contact Us
    Reading Time
    You are at:Home»Reviews»Picture Books»Crikey and Cat

    Crikey and Cat

    0
    By Admin on October 9, 2014 Picture Books

    Crikey and cat

    McKIMMIE, Chris Crikey and Cat Allen & Unwin 2014 unpaged $29.99 ISBN 9781760110031 SCIS 1666616

    One night the protagonist looks up at the sky and notices that all the stars are gone.  So he gets in his ute with his dog Crikey and his cat, and they head to the all night hardware store.  They make new stars and put them up in the sky, only to have them blown down by a sudden storm.  However, there is help to get them back up where they belong.

    The illustrations are very much in keeping with Chris McKimmie’s style.  The night sky is bold brush strokes of midnight blue, and the characters moving on this stage are often cut outs pasted on top.  The illustrations are often crude but always effective.  Even with minimal details, the reader can see that the book is set on the open plains of the outback – the big sky and flat horizons.  The text is minimal and most of the story is told through the illustrations.

    I didn’t find this picture book initially appealing, however I have come to appreciate it more through re-readings.  It’s certainly a book that would evoke discussions with young audiences, allowing adult and child to share their ideas about what is happening.  Suitable for pre-school and early primary.

    reviewed by Rebecca Kemble

    Night Stars

    Related Posts

    The Bush Birds

    Star of Anise

    Ghostie

    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    • Themes
    • Curriculum
    Action adventure Airplanes Alphabet Anxiety autism Bullying CBCA Awards Coming of age Dystopian emotions family fantasy friendship grief Historical humour magic Mystery Post apocalyptic Readers Cup reluctant readers school Sci-Fi series of books siblings Sport Starting school Teacher Notes
    ANZAC Australian animals Australian history Biography Culture & Diversity Disabilities First Nations Geography health Humanities mental health Poetry Reconciliation resilience Science STEM Stolen Generation sustainability Wordless books



    Recent Comments
    • Barbara on The Secret of Sapling Green
    • Cherie on Elephant Island
    • Patricia Tilton on Freddy the Not-Teddy
    • Jilanne Hoffmann on Freddy the Not-Teddy
    • Penelope Pratley on The Secret of Sapling Green
    Recent Posts
    • Battlefield
    • The Calling of Jackdaw Hollow
    • The Bush Birds
    • Star of Anise
    • Spotlight Please…It’s Stevie Louise
    Recent Comments
    • Barbara on The Secret of Sapling Green
    • Cherie on Elephant Island
    • Patricia Tilton on Freddy the Not-Teddy
    • Jilanne Hoffmann on Freddy the Not-Teddy
    • Penelope Pratley on The Secret of Sapling Green
    © Copyright 2021 The Children’s Book Council of Australia - All rights reserved

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.