“Black cat. /Gray cat. /Rich cat. /Stray cat.” begins the oh-so-familiar tale. “Slinky cat. /Stinky cat. /Silly cat. /Chilly cat.” A large font with only two to four words per page will ensure that the earliest readers can experience success in reading. As the text progresses, the cats hurry to a meeting place: “All these cats, they like one thing. /All these cats, they like to . . . ” With a turn of the page, emergent readers will be rewarded with having predicted the next word: “Sing.” The vibrant illustrations have a coloring-book feel, but the cats are nevertheless adorable. Full of energy, the pictures add touches of conflict, like when the white cat stands in front of a freshly painted fence and becomes a green cat. A cellist practicing on a balcony has to compete with the yowling cats, but much to the musician’s chagrin, one of the cats has the last word. This amusing addition to the Step into Reading series is sure to tickle readers’ funny bones. Preschool-Grade 1. --Patricia Austin --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

蘭登書屋出版社出版的Step into Reading分級閱讀系列，致力于為孩子們創造最成功的閱讀體驗。這套系列叢書熱銷二十五年，全系列主要共分為1-5個級別（另增加了導讀與獨立閱讀兩個系列），每頁包含2-60個單詞，適合學齡前兒童至小學生閱讀。整套系列都是原汁原味的英語原版圖書，書中用詞地道，詞匯豐富，插畫漂亮，有助于改善孩子的英語閱讀能力。本系列書籍的內容包羅萬象，有圖畫書、數學、經典童話故事、勵志故事和科普類等。