Pete the cat is not phased by much, this story is encouraging and sends the message that even if you are going through a rough day to keep on. Singing through his challenges, everything is going to be okay! The leveling system is The Lexile, reading level 480. The class can come up with a positive song to the tune of Pete the Cats song.

Pete has brand new white shoes and he is going all over town but steps in different things and changes the colors of his shoes. This book would be great for lower grades/ages to help them with colors. 

4 Stars

Lexile: AD240L

Pete the Cat books are a must have for every teacher who teachers younger grades. Pete is a fun character and there are various of fun Pete the Cat  books  to share with children. This book specifically teaches children to recognize different colors. I would use this book with Kindergarten when they are learning their colors and I would have them pick a color and create a book page like the ones in the book. (Book Reading Level : Lexile 460L ) 

I worked at  a preschool and this book was my students' absolute favorite book. We had the c.d. and listened along while reading the book. This book is on a DRA reading level of 18, and can be read to students from kindergarten to second grade. It can be used with curriculum to teach colors or adjectives. This book is so cute, and I love the illustrations. It is a must have for teaching younger grade levels.

Pete the Cat is a fun book for children to explore colors, repetition, prediction, or Cause and Effect. Pete the Cat is walking along in his white shoes when he steps into piles of strawberries, blueberries, mud, and water. Each time that Pete steps into a pile of something it dyes his white shoes a different color before stepping into water and it washing his shoes clean- but then his shoes are wet! Does Pete let this bother him? "Goodness No!" A fun activity that could engage students following this story is having students color a pair of white shoes. They have to indicate what they "stepped in" to make their shoes turn the color they colored them. But it cannot be something that Pete stepped in. For example, I could color a pair of shoes purple and say that I stepped in grapes. You could also have the buckets of things Pete stepped in and then have students match them to the color that his shoes on little cards turned to introduce cause and effect. 

Lexile Measurement: AD240L