The Cats of Tanglewood Forrest is a book written by Charles
De Lint and Illustrated by Charles Vess. This perfect folktale tail for
children ranging from 8-12 years old is an awesome book. This book is about a young
girl by the name of Lillian. Lillian loved to travel through this forest. She
would image that there were so many magical things that were happening in this forest.
Only problem is there wasn’t anything that she could actually see. Everything
was simply made up in her head. It wasn’t until the cats that roamed this
forest saved her and then turned her into a cat. During her adventures as a cat
she learns a lot about herself.
Discussion questions:
Why do you think Lillian played alone in the forest?
Do you think that the cats really wanted to help her become
human again?
Do you feel Lillian is happier as a cat or as a little girl?
Activity:
Have each student draw a senior from the store on a large
poster board. Allow for them to use color pencils, markers and crayons. Also
have them on the pack of their poster board write a 3 to 5 sentence about the
picture they drew.
For more books by
Charles De Lint:
Some Place to be Flying
Seven Wild Sisters
The Little Country
This looks like such a fun story! I love to encourage children to relate to what they are reading by putting themselves into the story. An activity that I would use for this book would be to have the children choose a character from the book that they relate to the most. Have them explain why they chose this character, what they like about the character, and what they might have done differently if they were actually in the story. I would then have them draw themselves as a cat.
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