本故事可让孩子演出猫的生活习性
Summary
Mrs. Brown has no children. What she have are cats
everywhere. Some of the cats are black, some are white, some are gray, some are tall, some are short, some are fat, some are lean, some are striped, somre are spotted, some are large, and some are small. She loves the cats’ softness of their fur, the loudness of their purr. During the day, the countless cats sleep all over the house: on the kitchen counter, the bed, the table, the stairs. They need their rest, for at night, the cats love to party!. Cats in the dining room eating spaghetti; cats in the sewing room having a fitting; cats in the courtyard with baseballs and bets; cats in the library writing and reading; cats in the kitchen, stirring and kneading. They made Mrs. Brown’s house chaotic and catty. However, she just loves her cats, and they love her too.
Comments
Leslea Newman’s lyrics during the lines in this book are very poetic. The expressions of cat’s appearance, movement, behavior, habits and personalities under her pen correspond with the nature of alive cats very much. Also, the various cats that illustrated by Erika Oller are cute, active and vivid. Cats sleep during the daytime; therefore, they keep awaken and play madly during the nighttime. Some people cannot stand cats’ behaviors, and yet, the owners of cats just love the cats’ cozyness and their naughtiness.
Application in teaching
本故事可讓孩子演出貓的生活習性,或調皮的模樣,也可寫出形容貓動作的
詩句,也可觀察貓的外型,作為認識小動物的生活課程之用,