Nat the Cat Takes a Nap (Ready to Read, Pre-Level 1) Jarrett Lerner. 2023. [January] 32 pages. [Source: Library]
First sentence: This is Nat. Nat is a cat. Nat the Cat is taking a nap.
Premise/plot: Nat the Cat is UNHAPPY that the narrator of Nat the Cat Takes a Nap is interrupting his [actual] nap. Dare I say that Nat the Cat is turning grumpy??? The narrator definitely has a plan for how this story should go, how it should unfold. But will Nat the Cat go with flow? go with the plan? Will Nat the Cat ever get back to sleep?
My thoughts: Do you love 'interactive' books where the narrator talks with the characters, and the characters talk back? Do you like cats? love cats? Want an early reader or a "pre-reader" with a big dose of humor? I do recommend this one. I enjoyed the story. There isn't as much text as say in an Elephant and Piggie book. The text is fairly simple. Depending on how you define, simple, I suppose. It isn't one that a new reader could read cover to cover without help. It has words like "brother" and "hooray" etc. But new readers could read *some* words on their own, could "help" read the story.
© 2023 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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