Ready, Freddy! Halloween Fraidy-Cat (Ready, Freddy!) [Paperback]

Abby Klein (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Join Freddy and his friends for another 1st grade adventure! The eighth in the popular series by an elementary school teacher who's seen it all.

Meet Freddy Thresher, a boy who has a nose for trouble and a last name that's made him an expert on sharks. You can learn more about sharks, too, in Freddy's Shark Journal at the back of the book. And see if you can find the word "fin" hidden in every picture!
With content, humor, characters, and vocabulary that are perfect for the chapter-book reader--it's time to get ready for Freddy!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

ABBY KLEIN is a first-grade and kindergarten teacher. She and her husband and two children live in Vermont. They have four dogs.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: The Blue Sky Press (August 20, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439784573
• ISBN-13: 978-0439784573
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #345,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Abby Klein is a first-grade and kindergarten teacher. She and her husband and two children live in Vermont. They have four dogs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for first grade boys, March 8, 2007

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Kim Clark "mom to four" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shark Tooth Tale (Ready, Freddy!, Book 9) (Paperback)

My first grader loves the Ready, Freddy series. We have all the books, and enjoy reading them together. The main character is a first grade boy who loves sharks. Freddy is a good kid, with a realistic relationship with his big sister, and simple (though important) problems. I read one chapter a night, and now that he's improving in reading, my son is starting to read some on his own! Also, each of the illustrations has the word "fin" hidden in it. It's fun to look for it.

While we like Junie B., she can get into a bit of trouble and uses some language that we don't. Ready, Freddy is a better fit for us.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Our new favorite series!, October 1, 2009

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T Rose "T Rose" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ready, Freddy! #12: Stop that Hamster (Paperback)

ON THIS BOOK:
It's Freddy's turn to take the classroom hamster home for the weekend. Freddy needs to convince his neat freak mom to let him. Things get crazy when the hamster escapes and Freddy scrambles to find him before his parents find out he's missing.


ON THE SERIES:
There are so many things I love about the Ready Freddy books!

First of all, he speaks correctly (not a lot of slang/blatant grammar errors). I'm not bashing books that don't (Junie B. Jones) I just feel it's easier for kids learning to read to read books that have the sight words they know in the books.

Freddy and his friends are good kids with problems most kids can associate with. My kids laugh out loud at some of the situations they get in to and some of Freddy's ideas to get them out.

I actually like the fact that Freddy doesn't get along with his sister. In all the books we've read so far there is always a moment when they work together even though they fight a lot. I think a lot of kids can identify with that and maybe they need a reminder that just because their brother/sister annoys them can still help each other out.

My kids love trying to find the hidden FIN images in the books while I read. The illustrations are great. There are enough to help the kids picture the story but not too many that it distracts or feels like a picture book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I would recommend, September 9, 2008

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J. Schippert "Baseball Nut" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ready, Freddy! #12: Stop that Hamster (Paperback)

My son loves these books! They make him laugh. I have purchased all of the Ready Freddy Books published so far and will continue to do so. He is 8 years old and they seem like the reading level is made for children his age.