Margaret Reed MacDonald retells the Danish folktale in this cumulative tale. The cat has a voracious appetite, eating everything he encounters. Eventually, he learns a lesson on greed and sharing with others. The repeated lines, "I may be FAT, but I'm still a HUNGRY CAT!" will encourage students to actively participate in the read aloud experience. The tale is beautifully illustrated with bright colorful pictures. ( )

A greedy cat with insatiable appetite begins to eat up everyone and everything in sight, including his mouse friend. Will the fat cat be stopped, or will he keep eating until there is nothing left?

Reading Level: Primary
Genre: Traditional Literature

Fat Cat is a story about a hungry cat who eats up everything. His friend is a mouse and always cooks for him. The fat cat eats a solider, a lady, a king and elephant, and the mouse with a pair of scissors. When the mouse is in the cat's stomach he sees everything the cat ate. The mouse uses his scissors and cuts his way out and everyone in the cat's stomach is free. At the end of the story the mouse patches up the hole on the cat and the cat is skinny. This is a book that can be used to teach children about greed. ( )

This was a pretty funny folktale. It reminded me of the old lady who swallowed a fly in a way, because of all the characters in Cat's stomach. It is the second Margaret Read MacDonald folktale I have read, and I think she does an excellent job at retelling traditional stories but keeping their original culture intact.

This is a charming folktale about a fat cat who is so greedy and selfish that he ends up eating everything in sight, including his friend and roommate Mouse. He doesn't understand the concept of sharing or giving or even how to take a little without over doing it. Finally , when Mouse gets eaten he also gets fed up and decides to teach Fat Cat a lesson about how important it is to think of others. ( )