The Squishy McFluff books are so cosy, and an excellent way to help your little reader aged 5+ step up from picture books and fall in love with reading stories independently.
Each book is about 80 pages long, has illustrations in colour throughout and a cosy story about a little girl Ava and her very best friend, Squishy McFluff: an invisible cat only she can see. Together they get up to all kinds of mischief, whether they're on a trip to the supermarket, Ava's gran or to the circus! Each book is written in rhyme, so as to work as a seamless transition from picture books.
For more cosy cat books for early chapter book readers, do check out Max The Detective Cat, Purrmaids, Marshmallow Pie The Cat Superstar, Super Cats and Captain Cat Stories.
All the Squishy McFluff the Invisible Cat books in order:
Book 1: Squishy McFluff the Invisible Cat! (2014)
Book 2: Supermarket Sweep! (2014)
Book 3: Meet Mad Nana Dot (2015)
Book 4: Secret Santa! (2015)
Book 5: Seaside Rescue (2016)
Book 6: Big Country Fair (2016)
Book 7: On with the Show (2020)
A lovely fun rhyming book which my daughter loved. It is great for transitioning between picture books and chapter books. The character is relatable...
A longer rhyming book which helped to keep my daughters attention, although she found it very hard to graspo the concept of an invisible cat! She did ...
R loved the idea of an invisible cat, and liked the first page where you were invited to imagine the invisible cat. Nice pictures throughout, and a fu...