Author: Ted Hughes
Title: The Cat and the Cuckoo
Illustrator: Flora McDonnell
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Year: 2002
Genre: Poetry
Format: Hardcover
Reading level: Elementary-assisted
Interest level: Elementary
Topics: poetry, cats
Summary: This is a book of many different poems. They all have their own them but for the most part they have to do with different kinds of animals or plants. There are cats, toads, goats, cows and many other animals that are used in these poems to get the attention on the younger audience.
Extension Activity: For this extension activity, the kids will write their own poem about their favorite animal.
