The neighbours buried it in the garden, but as Ellie’s family already know, they claim that they found the rabbit back in the hutch looking brand new after it had been unearthed from the ground. Moreover, the children could then create their own comic strip of events, either of the story presented in the book, or of their own one. On the negative this book would not be good for those sensitive as there is a case of a bunny dying.

Each day “killer” Tuffy brings another dead animal which terrifies young Ellie and angers Ellie’s father so much he nails the cat flap shut. When Tuffy the artful cat comes home with a bird in between his fangs his owner Eliie is beside herself.This is a humorous book about a cat that kills yet cannot understand why his family are upset with this. The family ends up covering up for this terrible cat by lieing to their neighbor about a dead bunny. My dad used to read me Anne Fine’s books when I was younger, and the killer cat books were my absolute favourites! How was I supposed to know it wouldn't be the only party around town on that dark and dreary Halloween night?

This book’s simple but effective structure also makes it a helpful book in which children can do comprehension tasks in guided reading activities. Chock-a-block with lighthearted illustrations, readers experience a deliciously sharp and funny view of the world through a cat's eyes. A cat’s eye view of a week in which his family fail to appreciate the results of his hunting - and blame him for killing next door’s rabbit when all he has done is to dig up the corpse. Alternatively it is useful in demonstrating writing from the point of view of others, especially as children can often be quite one-sided in their thinking. They can begin to read the story to themselves during KS2, when the book may also be utilised in writing diary entries.Therefore if anybody is grieving or particularly fond of animals it is possible they could find it distressing, thus may need to be considered. When inside their own home, Ellie’s family realise that they had made a mistake about Tuffy and apologise for thinking that he had murdered the rabbit. The story is about Tuffy the cat who kills a few animals like birds and even the neighbours pet rabbits which his owners are shocked and put the rabbit back into the cage after they have cleaned it up.

However Tuffy did not actually kill the rabbit this time and finally, after a few unfortunate events, manages to prove this to Ellie. As they do, it is uncovered that their rabbit had been ill for quite some time and had died of its own accord. For albeit as a story in and of itself The Diary of a Killer Cat is really and truly laugh out loud funny, will as such likely also be a huge reading hit with many if not even with most young cat enthusiasts (and that Anne Fine oh so effortlessly and successfully incorporating the well known and ridiculous urban myth tale of the resurrected pet bunny rabbit into her narrative for The Diary of a Killer Cat really does make me smile), sorry, but there is one major thematic (and featured content) based issue that for myself as an older adult really grates and actually even rather renders me furious and majorly frustrated (and indeed, my textual enjoyment of The Diary of a Killer Cat for my above mentioned inner child totally notwithstanding). The Diary of a Killer Cat is available direct from publisher Penguin books as an ePub eBook or as a downloadable audiobook. There’s also tons of illustrations, so I think this is a perfect book for parents to read-along with their children.

If you like this book, here are some other books you might enjoy - including the further adventures of Tuffy the Killer Cat.