Singenpoo 01 Paw Thing

by Paul Jennings

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140377700
• ISBN13: 9780140377705
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Penguin Australia
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 0.3" x 4.9"

Customer Reviews

One for cat lovers

If you have a heart for cats this book is an excellent read for both children and adults. is the first of a series of four, but is a complete story in itself. It is an illustrated long short-story which can be read in one sitting if you have a fair amount of time. Singenpoo is definitely a working cat who's job it is to catch mice in a takeaway chicken shop. But life is not being kind to her. Mac, her owner, swears she won't be fed properly until she does her job. This story is written with considerable humor and charm, and, typical of all Jennings' writing, its ending is definitely a surprise.

Paw Cat!

Paul Jennings' "The Paw Thing" is a short children's story of 50 pages or so, with illustrations by Kevin McEwan (who did the original covers and illustrations for many Paul Jennings books). It was originally just a one off, but went on to become a 4 story series some years later. I first read this story when I was nine, and though I got through it, it was never my favorite. I like it a little better now though. The story is basically about three characters, Mac, the owner of "Major Mac's Take-Away Chicken" (a fast food place in the vein of KFC), the boy who works part time there, and Singenpoo, the restaurant cat that wouldn't catch mice, a cat who Mac suspects can read. The plot, though simple, has its twists and turns, and will keep the kids interested. I think one of the reasons why I never liked this book so much when I was younger is because of the illustrations. Don't get me wrong, I think Keith McEwan is a great artist, and defines Paul Jennings stories the way, say, Roget Dean's album art defines the rock group Yes. Trouble is, I think at times there are just a few too many illustrations. It seems that on every page, for every movement, there's a picture. The reader doesn't even get time to imagine anything, if that makes sense, as it's already there. The other reason I didn't think I liked it when I was younger is because of how vivid everything was, and being an unhygenic fast food places, it's a kind of gross vivid. I'm pretty sure I lost my appetite once or twice reading this book when I was 9. But really, looking back, they're just minor niggles. Worth a look I suppose, but if you're just starting to get into 1980s Paul Jennings have a look at "Unreal" or "Unbelievable" first.