Illustrations and simple text follow Cat as he explores seven monochromatic landscapes, including a yellow field and a blue ocean, and meets new friends along the way. - (Baker & Taylor)

Cat learns colors and meets new friends! This Level C book is perfect for kindergarteners to read on their own.

Cat likes red.
Red is nice.
Cat likes yellow.
Yellow is nice.

Cat meets a red ladybug. Turn the page: Cat and Cat's new friend are outdoors in an all-red scene, chock full of details. Cat meets more friends--including a green lizard, a blue fish, and a yellow bee.

Your new reader will build skills, gain confidence, and have fun too!

This book has been officially leveled by using the F & P Text Level Gradient(TM) Leveling System.

For readers who've mastered basic sight words, Level C books feature slightly longer sentences and a wider range of high-frequency words than Level B books. Level C books are suitable for mid-to-late kindergarten readers. When Level C is mastered, follow up with Level D.

I Like to Read: The award-winning I Like to Read series features guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas & Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors--create original, high-quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read again and again with their parents, teachers or on their own! - (Random House, Inc.)

Christopher Russo has participated in juried exhibitions including MoCCA (Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art) Fest, RIPE (Rhode Island Print Expo), and MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo), where he has exhibited and sold original comics, prints, posters, and merchandise. He has created black and white interior illustrations for two novels, The Naked Mole Rat Chronicles by Mary Amato and Kevin Keeps Up by Ann Whitehead Nagda. Christopher holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Design Communications from Pratt Institute. - (Random House, Inc.)

Kirkus Reviews

A cat explores colors on a busy day. Cat—a brown tabby—wakes up, stretches, and yawns as light beams in. Dotted lines trace Cat's footsteps as they exit the kitty door and explore outside their home. Cat stares at a red ladybug ("Cat likes red"). The page turn yields to a full double-page spread, painting an entire scene in a red wash. Readers can pick out multiple red objects in the background ("Red is nice"). The formula repeats as Cat moves to the next isolated color, yellow. Cat spots a bee ("Cat likes yellow"), and the page turn reveals a yellow-washed farm scene ("Yellow is nice"). Other colors include green, blue, pink, orange, and black—with black signifying nighttime as Cat sleeps ("Good night"). Comics creator Russo's first children's book makes good use of his expressive character-design skills. The simple text, consisting of 13 unique words, seven of which are colors, allows readers to focus on the detailed scenes and practice color recognition. White space serves as an effective palate cleanser between the full-color spreads as Cat moves from one color to the next, with the words for the colors on those pages printed in appropriately colored type. The cover gives nod to all the creatures—and colors—Cat will encounter on their adventure, further helping emerging readers make predictions. (This book was reviewed digitally with 10-by-16-inch double-page spreads viewed at 67% of actual size.) A colorful start for beginning readers. (Picture book/early reader. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus 2020 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.