Spikey and the Caterpillar Sausage Cat

LoveReading4Kids Says

With each page peppered with two sets of questions that respectively invite younger and older readers to engage with the story and discuss wider topics, Tereza Hepburn’s Spikey and the Caterpillar Sausage Cat presents an action-packed story that lends itself perfectly to sharing and reading together. In addition, Mike Phillips’ softly vibrant illustrations add charm.

As for the story, this is a follow-up to Spikey, a hedgehog who regards his Regent’s Park home as the “whole wide world.” Though very small, with one back leg shorter and weaker than the other, Spikey “has a very big heart”, and therein lies the heart of this story, and the wider series — kindness.

This second adventure sees Spikey encounter different animals, often overcoming initial weariness and misunderstandings to form friendships. Then comes drama and peril in the form of a cat, and humour too, when Spikey and Dave the gigantic worm wonder whether it might actually be a “caterpillar sausage cat”. Above all, though, there’s a sense of pulling together to do the right thing for your friends.

With a share-able story, and each page enlivened by illustrations and discussion questions, this smart hardback also has gift-appeal.

Spikey and the Caterpillar Sausage Cat is available to buy at www.thelittlehedgehog.com

Reviewed by Joanne Owen
Joanne Owen is a writer, reviewer and workshop presenter whose lifelong love of books began when she was growing up in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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About Spikey and the Caterpillar Sausage Cat

Spikey the little hedgehog makes new friends as he continues his journey through Regent’s Park, London. He bumps into someone who thinks he’s the king of the world and someone else who is busy making lots of holes in it. Who could these animals be? And will their friendship survive the threat of a huge, greedy cat that is roaming hungrily around, looking for her next meal?

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