A friend made me a gift of this book when she learned how much I loved a YouTube reading of this story. I sought comfort in it when I was down with a nasty bout of tummy flu. O, the delight of a beautifully illustrated book! Unbeknownst to each of his owners, Sid the cat lives with six different people on the same street. By doing so, he’s able to get six different dinners every night! He also answers to six names, sleeps in six beds, and maintains six different personalities. Maurice Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilège: The Cat Sample: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2BCyDlUKMk (starting from 6:00 minute on) We found friends who might offer the cats a new home, and took them round at time the cats were normally home. We knew Pippa had not been seen for a few days, but food was going, and Katie presumably wasn’t eating all of it. A sly commentary on the atomisation and breakdown of traditional social cohesion in urban communities that possibly also contrasts Aristotle and Pythagoras as philosophical and social role models in the form of a children's picture book.

Eleanor Stodart (14 December 1991). "A neighbourhood too stuffy for this cool cat" (scan). The Canberra Times. p.47 . Retrieved 23 September 2021– via Trove. .. as a whole the book is attractive and one that adults will enjoy reading to children. As for the revelation, that is meant to be felt by the (adult) reader: When neighbours know each other, these things can’t happen. NEW SITUATIONLike most cats I’ve known, Sid in all of his/her forms is utterly driven by food. It’s amazing he is not more chunky. Moore keeps him slim so that she can emphasis his bloated belly after his six meals. OPPONENT Inga Moore has beautifully depicted two British streets. One street contrasts with the other, in a didactic kind of way to be fair — in Aristotle Street the neighbours don’t talk to each other, whereas in Pythagoras Place, one street over, they do. We took Pippa to be reunited with her sister, less than 72 hours after Katie had arrived there. What joy? Inga Moore (2010). Six Dinner Sid: A Highland Adventure. Hodder Children's Books. ISBN 9780340988954. OCLC 455803269 . Retrieved 23 September 2021.

Sid has six owners, lives in six houses and has six dinners a day. Life is just about purrfect . . .Because [in Pythagoras Place] everybody knew [about Sid’s six dinners] nobody minded. Six Dinner Sid What does Sid do when they refuse to give him as many meals? Does he apologise? No, of course not, he's a cat. He finds somewhere else - Pythagoras' place to be exact. The street might seem broader, less quaint but the residents are friendly, all know each other and welcome Sid and his dietary requirements with open arms. Sid can just be Sid and everyone's happy with it Three years later, in a different house, they were finally able to have their own cat, or rather, the cat has them. There isn’t a catflap, and is near a main road, so they chose a housecat. No chance of a Sid setup with Noodles. This is a funny story of a Sid the cat who unbeknown to the residents of Aristotle Street has six different owners who all feed him dinner... Sid clearly has an appetite. However, he is required to be a different cat depending on the house. Slightly older children will appreciate this because at school different teachers require different things. Younger children with blended houses living in separate houses will also get it — the idea that different situations and people require different versions of yourself.