The Snowcat

A story for Christmas

By

Helen Hadley

The Snowcat is a fun, Read TogetherBook for young children. It tells how Puss helps father Christmas find a way to deliver his Christmas presents when the reindeer go down with the flu.

The book is laid out like a play so that the story can be read by one person or shared by two, each reading a different character`s part.

Reading the book

• look through the book with your child
• Talk about the pictures, what does your child think is happening in them ?
• Read the story to your child, running your finger under the words as you read them
• When the child is familiar with the words, read the book together
• Do this several times so your child gets to know the words in the story
• When you think your child is ready, let them choose which character they want to read and read the story like a play 

About the Author

Helen Hadley is an experienced teacher and was the Head Teacher of a primary school for twenty years. Her special focus was on the importance of children being able to read fluently by the time they left her infant department.

She had written over forty books on all aspects of English: reading, comprehension, creative writing, spelling, phonics, grammar, handwriting and poetry.

In The Snowcat she makes beginning reading fun as well as giving parents and children the opportunity of reading together.