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Belongs to SeriesMeg and Mog (13)
When Meg casts a spell to make a lunch box for Mog, the box contains a caterpillar which eventually turns into a butterfly. No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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With the same simple text and brightly colored illustrations that have distinguished previous entries in the series, Mog's Box will provide an entertaining picture-book experience to young children. I found the scenes in which Mog becomes jealous - his expression becomes ever more hostile in each panel, from Tuesday to Friday, as he sees the lunches prepared for Owl - particularly droll, and his subsequent burst of frenetic rage quite hilarious. Readers familiar with the series will enjoy seeing the feline/strigine rivalry, hinted at in teasing comments back and forth between Mog and Owl in previous titles, expanded here. The development of the story itself, which shifts focus from Mog and Owl to the caterpillar, is a little less humorous, although still engaging. The two-page spread in which the caterpillar munches his way through a series of leaves is reminiscent of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. All in all, this was an amusing addition to a classic series. ( )