Customer Reviews

Space Cat (I Can Read Book 1)

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I wouldn't consider this great literature, but my 23-month-old absolutely loves Space Cat. She tells me all about the pictures, and names the characters. True, she's not reading yet, but I'm sure that she'll be so familiar with the text by that point that it'll serve as a good learning guide for site words.

I wish there were sequels.

I got this book without properly looking at it at a local book fair.

Here are my issues with the book:

1. The assigned reading level is wrong:
It is supposed to be level one for "eager new readers". I don't know if someone rated it the wrong level or this is what level one reading is supposed to be. The words are far too large for beginner readers, the pages are filled with large words, blends and several contractions all of which really confuse and frustrate my five year old. This book is filled with words like creatures, rocket, fuel, strange and ketchup -- all really hard words for a starting reader.

2. The plot is not all that engaging:
There are too many parts that are brought together, the silly robot that cannot cook, hitting an asteroid, finding fuel, dealing with the king, and finally getting the fuel. There is not much cohesiveness as you move from one part of the story to another.

All in all, I would suggest finding another book, The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat is a favorite of ours.

I would like to see one line of text so that I can determine if it will work for my early reader. It is important to see the word count per page and font to make that determination. So you get a low rating until I can tell if I would buy it. Thanks!