Beware! Cat Traps by Molly Coxe

For a big orange cat, there is nothing sadder than an empty bowl.

CAT WANTS A SNACK.

He snickers as he locates the perfect device--a spring-release mouse trap! But the trap does not catch a mouse.

CAT CATCHES A BUG!

YUCK!

Down near the chicken coop, Cat tries another idea, a wire cage with the door propped open. The chickens cluck all around it and then stroll off, free, but Cat's trap catches a pig.

TOO BIG!

Cat really wants a snack. By the pond, he tries to catch a fish in a net. The fish is so big that it tows him around the bend in the net

Next, the poor hungry cat strikes out with deadfall trap for a bullfrog and gets an angry dog instead. Then he nets a duck. You know what? Angry ducks are mean!

BAD LUCK!

Then he spots a girl with a sack of promising tidbits and follows her home. He still wants a snack....

And what's in her sack? Could it be... Oh, JOY!

CAT CHOW!

Molly Coxe's Cat Traps (Step-Into-Reading, Step 1) proves that persistence pays in this bright early read for preschoolers and primary grade students who still need picture cues to help with word recognition. Coxe's illustrations of his hapless hunter will tickle youngsters' giggle boxes and persuade them to keep reading to see what happens next. Other books in this series on this level by author-illustrator Molly Coxe include Big Egg (Step-Into-Reading, Step 1) and Hot Dog (Step-Into-Reading, Step 1).