Lessons from Lester Book Cover

What's the Book About?

Lester has everything a cat could want. But he is still not happy. His family cannot catch mice! So Lester plans a few lessons for his family…

Book Details

  • Band:
  • Scheme: Rigby Star
  • Type: Fiction
  • Author: Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler

Reviews from Our Readers

Megan B (Age 6)

Rating: 5 / 5

This book is about
Lester tries to teach his family how to catch mice

The main characters are
Lester, Millie, mum and dad

My favourite part of the book is
At the end Millie caught a funny fat blue mouse and it was a toy

I would also like to say
I really like this book

Alex (Age 6)

Rating: 4 / 5

This book is about
Lester tried to teach his cat-acting family how to catch mice

The main characters are
Lester the cat, and his family

My favourite part of the book is
When the mice came to rescue the mouse toy at the end

I would also like to say
This was quite a funny story

Tess (Age 6)

Rating: 5 / 5

This book is about
Lester, a cat, and his family do everything cat-like. But Lester could not teach them how to catch a mouse. The little girl named Milly got a toy mouse and held it by its tail, making Lester believe she had figured out how to catch mice.

The main characters are
Lester the cat, and his family.

My favourite part of the book is
That mum and dad acted like cats; Mum filed her finger-nails and dad slept on a pillow.

I would also like to say
Nothing

Thomas Flanagan (Age 8)

Rating: 5 / 5

This book is about
Lester is a cat and he can catch mice but his family can't. so Lester teaches his family how to catch mice, first he trys mum, but mum she couldn't do it. Then he trys Dad but he couldn't pounce because he was on the table. Then he tried Millie but she wasn't quick enough. Then Lester was unhappy so Millie got a big pretend mouse, it had a bell. Lester was happy because Millie was clever.

The main characters are
Lester the cat, Millie, Mum and Dad

My favourite part of the book is
when millie got the pretend mouse

I would also like to say
This is a fiction book.

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