Lulu and the Cat in the Bag (by Hilary McKay)

My grandchildren were choosing library books, mostly rather stereotypical books such as graphic superhero stories, or rather fluffy fairy books. I wanted at least one or two that I would enjoy reading aloud to them, so when I spotted a couple of shortish books by Hilary McKay, it was an easy decision to add them to their stash. Three years ago I checked out ‘Happy and Glorious’ by the same author, for similar reasons, and my grandson, five at the time, loved it so much that I bought it and its ...