Tuesday Treasure
Sid, the black cat lives on Aristotle Street. The people who live on this street don't talk to one another. This is lucky for Sid because it means he can enjoy six delicious meals each day but he does have to use six different identities. He is known as Scaramouche, Bob, Satan, Sally, Sooty and Schwartz. Life is good for Sid until the day he catches a cold which turns in to a cough. Each family takes him to the vet - that's six vet visits and six doses of medicine. Luckily the vet becomes suspicious. He checks the records and discovers there are six cats living on Aristotle Street all with a bad cough.
The people from Aristotle Street gather together. "When they discovered what he had been up to, Sid's owners were furious. They said he had no business eating so many dinners." Every one agrees Sid will only have one meal each day but this does not suit Sid. He moves on to Pythagoras Place where again there are six houses and hopefully six dinners but unlike Aristotle Street, the people who live in Pythagoras Place do talk to one another. Can Sid still enjoy his six dinners?
In 1990 I showed Six Dinner Sid with a Kindergarten teacher. From then on, for over 30 years, various Kindergarten teachers continued to share this wonderful book with their students along with Scallywag which makes an excellent companion or comparison text.
There is a second story about Sid.
Inga Moore was born in the UK but lived in Australia as a child. She is the illustrator of several classic stories such as The Secret Garden and The Wind in the Willows. She is also the illustrator of a book I really love - The Vegetable Thieves. Six Dinner Sid won the Nestle Smarties Prize in 1990. Her two earliest books - Aktil's Big Swim and Aktil's Bicycle Ride are on my Tuesday treasure list. I am still hoping to come across copies of these so I can share them here.
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