Peg + Cat: Peg Up a Tree: A Level 1 Reader by Jennifer Oxley, Billy Aronson
Published by Candlewick Press (MA) on November 12th 2019
ISBN: 1536209686
Pages: 32
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The unexpected twist of a girl being stuck in a tree instead of a cat and the cat attempting to rescue her will amuse most readers. Cat’s bumbling but good-hearted attempt at building a ladder results in both being stuck in the tree along with their friend Ramone, and then Peg’s yo-yo saves the day. The Peg + Cat is a popular PBS TV series so many kids will be familiar with the characters and won’t mind that Cat is purplish-blue. I was glad to see Ramone depicted as a person of color and who knows how to construct a ladder with parallel sides and rungs. The Level 1 Reader is written at about an end of first-grade/beginning second-grade level with short sentence structure, repetitive words, and in three chapters, with the longest third chapter consisting of half the book. A Table of Contents could have been included. A good addition to any Early Reader library collection.

Reviewed by Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library, Liberty