The children loved the vivid colours and laughed when poor Owl became stripy. While the pages are busy, it’s always easy to work out what is happening and who is speaking.
#Meg and mog full#
Walser’s drawings are always bright, appealing and full of fun. The animals all make friends in the end and bring a variety of ingredients as presents for Mog’s birthday, when Meg then puts in a cake (still not sure what Jumlum is meant to be!). However, this works out for the best as he can then frighten off the sneaky python who’s determined to eat Mog up. Meg decides to help Raj out with a magic spell but this is when things start to go haywire as Owl also gets stripes. The two arrive with a bang in the jungle and meet a variety of new friends – including Jumbo the elephant, Tiger the tiger (!) and her baby Raj (who has no stripes but wants them). However, this narrative simplicity doesn’t mean the story is predictable. In this book, Jan Pienkowski uses simple sentences to construct an easy-to-follow story in which witch Meg takes her cat Mog to the jungle as a birthday treat. These are both different in style and approach but achieve the same effect of capturing the interest of the children and engaging them in the stories. I read two great books today with my Reception children in the Library: Jan Pienkowski’s and David Walser’s Meg in the Jungle and Ed Vere’s Max and Bird.
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