Cats!

by Larry Dane Brimner, Tom Payne (Illustrator)

A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own. Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. A child has fun playing with some cats.

Genres: Cats, Childrens, Fiction

24 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

About the author

Larry Dane Brimner is the recipient of the 2018 Robert F. Sibert Award for the most distinguished informational book for children for his title Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961. He is known for his well-researched, innovative, and award-winning nonfiction for young readers, and is the author of multiple acclaimed civil rights titles, including Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights; and Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor.

Reviews

[Karina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Spanish Edition---

Super simple book about a bossypants girl yelling at her cats to listen to her. She invited about 20 cats over and expected them to listen to her. They ruin her house and they hug it out.

(They better have human fingers and some bleach to get that stink out before they head back to their alleyway!)

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

First sentence: Cats! Come in, cats. Let's play, cats. Please, cats! Stay on the floor.

Premise/plot: If you have a beginning reader who loves cats, this one is an absolute must. It has just thirty-three different words, most of them quite simple to read. If you tend to think that beginning readers must by necessity lack story, again this is a must. The story is about a little girl and her crazy cats.

My thoughts: I really enjoyed this one. There are not a lot of words per page, but it's not light on story. It's a fun, engaging, SILLY story starring LOTS of CATS.

Text: 5 out of 5
Illustrations: 3 out of 5
Total: 8 out of 10

[Meg · Rating 4 out of 5]

I call it MEG: A BIOGRAPHY.
Bahahahaha ok, in all seriousness: I've long been familiar with Rookie Readers as a brand, but I think this is the first time I've ever sat down to read one. Average illustrations, writing style as expected (I guess this just means that any mediocre cat book will be ranked unfairly high on the Meg Scale). A nice balance of sight words and vocab that might be new for emerging readers.

[Debbie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Super simple sentences for very early readers.

[Christine Turner]

Includes a word list at the back of the book.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute beginning reader book about cats. There's a short sentence on each page, accompanied by a fun illustrations. With only 33 different words, the narrative is simple enough for beginning readers, but it has a few challenging words, too. Our youngest read this aloud to us.

[Little Miss and the Legomeister · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story about a girl and her mischievous cats.

[Kelsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just a simple reading book about cats. Contains 33 words.

[A.C. Bauch · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun little book about a little girl playing with a herd of mischievous cats. Nice illustrations too.