Telling Time with Big Mama Cat

by Dan Harper

Book Overview

A snack at 9:00, a nap at 10:00, sneaking onto the forbidden chair at 11:00--telling time is the only way Big Mama Cat can remember all the important things she has to do. Follow Big Mama Cat from sunrise till day's end, and you can learn to tell time, too A sturdy fold-out page at the front of the book reveals a clock with movable plastic hands. Young readers can change the time as Big Mama Cat moves from one adventure to the next in her busy day...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152017380
• ISBN13: 9780152017385
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

A Great Gift

I purchased "Telling Time with Big Mama Cat" as part of a birthday gift for a 5 year-old. The gift also included "Telling Time: How to Tell Time on Digital and Analog Clocks!" and the Timex Kids' Time Teacher Rotating Disc Dinosaur Watch #T7B121. Big Mama Cat was a HUGE hit!

A Wonderful Relaxing Book

I read this warm and wonderful book to my 2 year old grandson every day - we read it at least twice or three times. He just loves it. He has a cat at home and can relate to Big Mama Cat. He also loves clocks and goes around our house collecting them during the day. This is a great book for helping to teach a child how to tell time or just to familiarize them with the clock and how it works. At 2 years old, my grandson is a little young for learning how to tell time but he really does enjoy this book and I believe he is learning something about "time" every time we read it. I highly recommend this book.

Sweet Kitty!

Whether you're teaching your kids to tell time or not, this book is so charming! The illustrations are beautiful, and perfectly capture the lazy/hungry/cuddly nature of cats. It works as a picture book for younger children, with not too many words on a page, and I imagine it would be a good teaching tool as well.

Cat lovers delight

This pleasantly simple picturebook features a nicely illustrated cat who describes her day. A foldout moveable clock allows children to match the hands of the clock with the time of day being described by Mother Cat. The pictures are soothing and the work is both comforting and fun.

A delightful way for young children to learn about time

My children love this book especially because the story is very realistic and the moveable hands on the clock are wonderful tools for teaching children to tell time.