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  Dear Parent:

  Congratulations! Your child is taking the first steps on an exciting journey. The destination? Independent reading!

  STEP INTO READING® will help your child get there. The program offers five steps to reading success. Each step includes fun stories and colorful art. There are also Step into Reading Sticker Books, Step into Reading Math Readers, Step into Reading Write-In Readers, Step into Reading Phonics Readers, and Step into Reading Phonics First Steps! Boxed Sets—a complete literacy program with something for every child.

  Learning to Read, Step by Step!

  Ready to Read Preschool-Kindergarten

  • big type and easy words • rhyme and rhythm • picture clues

  For children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading.

  Reading with Help Preschool-Grade 1

  • basic vocabulary • short sentences • simple stories

  For children who recognize familiar words and sound out new words with help.

  Reading on Your Own Grades 1-3

  • engaging characters • easy-to-follow plots • popular topics

  For children who are ready to read on their own.

  Reading Paragraphs Grades 2-3

  • challenging vocabulary • short paragraphs • exciting stories

  For newly independent readers who read simple sentences with confidence.

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  • chapters • longer paragraphs • full-color art

  For children who want to take the plunge into chapter books but still like colorful pictures.

  STEP INTO READING® is designed to give every child a successful reading experience. The grade levels are only guides. Children can progress through the steps at their own speed, developing confidence in their reading, no matter what their grade.

  Remember, a lifetime love of reading starts with a single step!

  for Sophia Harvey

  She may be small,

  but she is strong

  Her hair is red.

  Her cat is Long!

  Her father paints.

  Her mom writes books.

  Her sister sings.

  Her brother cooks.

  She wonders what to do all day.

  She visits Rat.

  They sit and talk.

  They watch TV.

  They take a walk.

  They join a class.

  They learn to flip.

  Sometimes they bump.

  Sometimes they slip.

  Cat may be small, but she is strong.

  She works and works, all summer long.

  The big day comes.

  Cat runs. She pounces.

  She twists and lands.

  Oops! Extra bounces.

  It’s Rabbit’s turn.

  She leaps! She soars!

  She nails it, and

  she gets good scores.

  Chick mounts the bars.

  She swoops. She swings.

  She points her toes,

  and spreads her wings.

  Rat is so cool

  on balance beam.

  You know that she

  will make the team.

  The music makes her

  tap her feet.

  When Cat is good,

  she’s hard to beat.

  Hooray for Rabbit,

  Chick, and Rat!

  They made the team—

  And so did Cat!

  If you can recognize familiar words and sound out new words with help, look for these Step into Reading books:

  ALL STUCK UP

  BARBIE: A DAY AT THE FAIR 1

  BARBIE: LOST AND FOUND 1

  BARBIE: TWO PRINCESSES 1

  BEARS ARE CURIOUS

  BEEF STEW

  THE BERENSTAIN BEARS BY THE SEA

  THE BERENSTAIN BEARS CATCH THE BUS

  BIG BIRDS

  BONES

  BUZZ’S BACKPACK ADVENTURE 3

  CAT AT BAT

  CAT ON ICE

  CAT ON THE MAT

  COUNTING SHEEP 4

  DAVID AND THE GIANT

  DINOSAUR BABIES

  A DOLLAR FOR PENNY 4

  A DOZEN DOGS 4

  THE EARLY BIRD

  FIVE SILLY FISHERMEN 4

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THOMAS! 6

  HONEYBEES

  I LOVE YOU, MAMA 3

  IS IT HANUKKAH YET?

  LITTLE CRITTER SLEEPS OVER

  LITTLE CRITTER’S THE BEST PRESENT

  LUCKY BEAR

  MICE ARE NICE

  MIDNIGHT SNACK 2

  MOLE IN A HOLE

  MY BEST FRIEND IS OUT OF THIS WORLD

  MY LOOSE TOOTH

  MY NEW BOY

  MY NEW PET IS THE GREATEST

  A NEW BRAIN FOR IGOR

  NO MAIL FOR MITCHELL

  NOAH’S ARK

  ONE HUNDRED SHOES 4

  PEANUT

  PIE RATS AHOY!

  PINOCCHIO’S NOSE GROWS 3

  PIZZA PAT

  P.J. FUNNYBUNNY CAMPS OUT

  P. J. FUNNYBUNNY’S BAG OF TRICKS

  POLAR BABIES

  A PONY FOR A PRINCESS 3

  POOH’S EASTER EGG HUNT 3

  POOH’S GRADUATION 3

  POOH’S HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN 3

  POOH’S HONEY TREE 3

  QUICK, QUACK, QUICK!

  RAILROAD TOAD

  READY? SET RAYMOND!

  RICHARD SCARRY’S THE WORST HELPER EVER

  SILLY SARA 5

  SIR SMALL AND THE DRAGONFLY

  THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

  SURPRISE FOR A PRINCESS 3

  THE TAIL OF LITTLE SKUNK

  THE TEENY TINY WOMAN

  THOMAS AND THE SCHOOL TRIP 6

  TIGER IS A SCAREDY CAT

  TOAD ON THE ROAD

  TWO FINE LADIES HAVE A TIFF

  TWO FINE LADIES: TEA FOR THREE

  WANT A RIDE?

  WHAT A MESS!

  WHISKERS

  WHOSE FEET?

  ZOOM ON MY BROOM 2

  1 A Barbie Reader

  2 A Critters of the Night Reader

  3 A Disney Reader

  4 A Math Reader

  5 A Phonics Reader

  6 A Thomas the Tank Engine Reader

  Copyright © 1999 by Jon Buller and Susan Schade. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published by Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 1999.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Schade, Susan.

  Cat on the mat / by Susan Schade and Jon Buller.

  p. cm. — (Step into reading. A step 2 book)

  SUMMARY: Cat dreams of being on the gymnastics team and spends all summer learning to tumble and flip.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-51689-3

  [1. Cats—Fiction. 2. Gymnastics—Fiction. 3. Stories in rhyme.]

  I. Buller, Jon, 1943– . II. Title. III. Series: Step into reading. Step 2 book.

  PZ8.3.S287 Cat 2004 [E]—dc21 2002015235

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  Susan Schade, Cat on the Mat

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