I started World Book Day with reading this absolute classic of a book. Anyone else still reading it to their kids? Got to love Six Dinner Sid!
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Mar 5, 2026 · 6:48 PM UTC

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I love this book. I used to call my dad 6 dinner Sid when my mum went away and he moved around being fed by everyone 😂 – at Yorkshire and The Humber, England
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Haha
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We have a real one down our road! He’s black too, but a lot fluffier. And he waddles….😀
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Of course he waddles.
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Never heard of it x
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You have now!
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Clearly it resonates with you. Perhaps a sequel. Sixty Samosa Sid.
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Wouldn't mind that now.
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It’s one of my faves
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Look at his eyes.
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This was the costume I wore and book I read last WBD! 🤣
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No way!
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Sounds perfect for our granddaughter as she’s a big fan of our big black cat, Sprout.
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I was adopted by a stray cat who I named Sid after this character! He tried out several houses on the street but eventually decided to live with me!!
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I shall have to look that one up as a gift for my grand niece, Agatha. I used to love reading to my Y4 classes. A big favourite with them was Conrad, The Factory Made Boy. There were so many PSHE teaching moments from that book.
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As a retired early years teacher - it’s lovely to see this again! A lovely book, the kids always loved it!
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Not for a while but still have it and would love to read to my future grandchildren. Hurry up boys…..
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This was my son’s favourite for years! He’s 13 now but I bet he secretly still loves it.
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I once knew a little grey cat called Sid, but he was Six Toes Sid. He was a little belter.
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We bought this recently for our old neighbours in Sheffield. They ‘adopted’ our black rescue cat when we moved out of the area, although in truth Otis had adopted them a couple of years earlier, and probably had other pieds à terre in the neighbourhood. A lovable chancer.
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When our kids were young our friends had a daughter we called 6 Dinners Sid. If we all went camping together, she’d visit each tent for a breakfast, each one oblivious to the fact she’d eaten at the last!
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My Y6s are a bit old for that story now, but remembered it when we watched the video of a real life Six Dinner Sid sneaking in on my cat cam!
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I have this book tucked safely away for now, as I'm currently in year 3. But I love it. Our dearly departed cat, Ollie, was a six dinner Sid. Or, more accurately, a six breakfast Sid.
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He looks good on it, tbf.
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yes i read it to my kids but there's something not quite right about it. Was Sid a Satanist?
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Read it to my reception class before half term after completing the series of Mogs with them. They loved it- interrupted with loads of questions!
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Love it! 🐈‍⬛
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Great book. Long ago, we cheekily named our headteacher after this character - cos of her penchant for a good meal.
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That was a big favourite here when my children were little. And we now have a cat that looks just like Sid.
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I considered this but went for That’s Not My Hat.
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Our cat is Six Dinner Sid as he is a greedy little git. Great book.
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This was a bedtime favourite when my girls were small 🐈‍⬛ perhaps more for me than them 😂
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We read this today as a child came dressed as Six Dinner Sid! A classic 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛
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Yes! One of my all time favourites! Cats make particularly good picture-book characters.
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Not a parent here but I am a nursery worker and I will say that Sid has the right idea lol
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