Peg + Cat: Peg Up a Tree: A Level 1 Reader

Peg + Cat

by Jennifer Oxley, Billy Aronson

What goes up must come down — somehow — as Peg gets stuck high in a tree and Cat and Ramone try to come to the rescue.

Peg has a BIG PROBLEM. She is up in a tree with her yo-yo and can’t get down! Luckily, Cat is down below and eager to help. He finds two long poles and some short pieces of wood and ties them all together. But when his makeshift ladder sways and falls, Peg has to pull Cat up, and now they have an even bigger problem. Can their friend Ramone make the ladder’s vertical sides go up and down and the horizontal steps go straight across so they can get down safely? Could Peg’s yo-yo skills come in handy after all?

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

Published November 12, 2019

About the author

Jennifer Oxley is an author, illustrator, television writer/director, and the recipient of multiple Emmy Awards for her work on Nick Jr.’s Little Bill and as co-creator of PBS’s Peg+Cat. Jennifer lives and works in New York City as an independent filmmaker and artist.

Reviews

[Stephanie Tournas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Peg gets stuck in a tree. Then cat gets stuck, and finally so does Ramone. They solve the problem with observation, construction and momentum. Three short chapters, with simple text and lots of dialogue tell the story. Peg is a white girl, cat is a purple cat, and Ramone is a brown boy in a beret, and Peg's yoyo has a pivotal role as well. The digital art, with a background of graph lines, uses shapes to create a somewhat abstract feel, which fits with the science-y story. Based on the TV series.

It's labelled as a Level 1 Reader, but it isn't basic enough for that designation in my opinion.