When children begin reading on their own it can be a struggle to find the title that finally launches them into a lifelong love of reading. For any child who loves to laugh, this could be the one.

Really enjoyed this story and have just added the rest of the series to my wishlist!
I loved the characters and the plot was really funny, a really good read overall - 4 stars from me

This is a fun, nonsensical story about a cat that has fur colored like a tartan. He lives with his family and tries to keep them safe and well informed. It would work a lot better if they understood his meows...

Myrick Marketing & Media and Net Galley allowed me to read this book for review (thank you). It is being published today.

You can tell when you begin to read this story that it's written by someone with a sense of humor. After all, the cat lives by Loch Loch with the quirky McFun family: Gadget Grandad, Groovy Gran, Dino Dad, Mini Mum and the twins, Roaring Ross and Invisible Isla. With a family like that, how could you not have fun?

Mom and Dad go on a trip and leave the kids and cat with Groovy Gran. She's odd enough in her own way but when she talks of the band she joined years ago, it's with nostalgia. She doesn't know where the band members are but the kids decide to put up posters and notices and do interviews to get the word out about a reunion.

But someone is taking the posters down. Someone is trying to sabotage the plans. How can that be?

It gets sillier the further you go but it's a fun read. All's well that ends well. Come have some fun at the concert!

Porridge is a Tartan Cat. How did he get that way? Well, he tumbled into a tin of tartan paint, of course! In the new book, Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Bash-Crash-Ding, this little cat has a ton of fun adventures!

Porridge lives with the McFun family in Tatterbogle Town, Scotland. Ross and Isla are the twins and they have an awesome grandma called Groovy Gran. Gran comes to stay with them while their parents go on holiday. She is a really cool grandma and was in a band called the Tattie Scones a long time ago. It was quite a popular band and Gran wants to get the members together for a big gig as a fundraiser to fix the school roof. So, with the help of Porridge, the family sets off to find the other band members. But, they run into trouble with a dog called the Dug O Doom.

Their adventures are many and the situations they find themselves in are hilarious. Can they find all the band members in time, and avoid the Dug O Doom, who seems to be trying to prevent the reunion?

The book has delightful illustrations. The character of Porridge is witty and charming. Porridge saves the day time and time again in very creative ways. The story is entertaining and children of all ages will love it. Parents can read it to younger kids, and older kids can read it themselves. Each illustration is in black and white and has a lot going on. The expressions on Porridge are cute and appealing.

Porridge is a very appealing character overall. Being a cat, he loves fishy biscuits and getting into mischief. He never seems to remember that the family’s door does not have a cat flap, so he often ends up splat on the door when he runs into it on his way to his food bowl. As a narrator, everything he says or does is cat-themed, of course. “Me-owch,” and “me-oops” are some of his exclamations. He uses his claws and feline intelligence to make the story come alive. Although the group gets into seemingly impossible situations, they always come out OK in the end.

This was a positive and uplifting story with a nice takeaway message about friendship and its enduring qualities, as well as forgiveness of mistakes and cooperation. I loved the witty chapter titles, such as chapter 2 is called “The Chapter after Chapter 1,” and chapter 3 is “The Number After 2.” The entire book has humorous narration such as when Gran crosses her fingers for luck and Porridge says: “I don’t have fingers so I pretended I was a black cat and crossed the road instead.” Or this one: “Just after this comma, a tremendous chase began.”

I love the cat flap thing, which happens a couple times. Porridge is narrating: “I waited until the end of this chapter, then dropped onto the grass, all alone. (Except for you. Thanks for reading this book, by the way.) Keen to get home, I ran towards the cat flap. Thwump! Me-owch! (STILL no cat flap.)” The book is full of wonderful, creative passages like that. I was laughing my head off at some of the antics. The narration is so funny! I think you will love it. I know I did. I give it five stars, only because they don’t let you use six stars! (It’s really that good.)

Thanks to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for the advance reader copy I received for my review.