Pete the Cat: Pete's Big Lunch (My First I Can Read)

There are lots of "My First level, I Can Read!" books, but the Pete-the-Cat ones are our favorites. Pete may not be as well known as Little Critter, Biscuit, Fancy Nancy, and the Berenstain Bears, but his groovy cool factor moves him to the top of the list. Unlike some of the "I Can Read" books, the Pete books usually have a complete story, with a clear beginning, a couple of developments in the middle, and then a satisfying ending. I like that even in very early readers. What happens makes sense and the endings are sensible, and groovy. Each fully illustrated page has two sentences, running from four to seven words each. That's a nice length and a good and fair challenge for a little starting reader. The drawings fully support the text, and while they look a bit amateurish at first the characters are actually expressive and presented effectively. The "message" if you want to call it that, of this book is that when you build a sandwich that's way too big for one, well just call a few buddies and have them come over to share. That works for me. This is one of the few early readers books that strikes me as "set worthy" and we've been happy to collect them all over time. The paperback versions are particularly good value.

My granddaughter is in kindergarten and just learned how to read. She loves Pete the Cat books, and I love the smile on her face when she can read the bedtime stories herself!

Pete, the cat books are always fun and educational. Look forward to reading this to pre-K children.

You can't go wrong with a Pete the Cat book! They always have a good story line. Kids love them! Including my grand son who asked me to get him Pete the Cat books for him to read! This book is soft cover & has paper pages. Came to me in great condition & by the promised date. I highly recommend this seller!

My son is a huge Pete the Cat fan. I don't understand the attraction but even his kindergarten teacher loves Pete so maybe I am missing the obvious. As an early reader this is a different format than the regular Pete the Cat books and is missing their repetitive sentences, which is kind of funny since I think the repetition of the regular books make them good for beginning reader. One of the things in this book that make it a good early reader are the labels on the food like "bread" on the loaf of bread and "crackers" on the box of crackers. I also like that at one point in Pete's growing sandwich there is long list of items with pictures next to the text. Both of these elements encouraged my timid emergent reader to read new words.

The book was so, so, so, so cool! The big sandwich had so much stuff! The dog was cool because he didn’t eat the cats. <3

What a nice gift. Books last a lifetime. I'm hoping my grandchildren will cherish them as I have growing up. They especially love the Pete the Cat series. I'm very happy to see them reading a book instead of playing video games.

My 6 year old grandson is learning to read. He was able to read it with help. The story itself was funny. I liked it a lot.

It’s more of illustrations and less writing which makes it great for kids who are learning to read , my lil one is happy to have it!

Libro molto carino adatto alla classe seconda della scuola primaria per introduce l’argomento “food”. Il servizio clienti è stato super rapido nel re- inviarmi il libro che nella prima spedizione é andato perso!

bom livro para crianças e ainda tem adesivos para brincar.

楽しく読めたした。そして。楽しく読んでます。

kids love this collection