TY  - BOOK
AU  - Croft , Magda 
TI  - The cat / 
T2  - Houghton Mifflin Science Leveled Readers
SN  - 9780618599141
U1  - 636.8 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Boston : 
PB  - Houghton Mifflin
KW  - Science
KW  - Non-fiction
KW  - Free
KW  - Animals
N1  - D
; 160
; Lexile estimate
; D
; Raz-Plus

N2  - The Cat (Houghton Mifflin Science Leveled Reader) is a very short nonfiction reader about cats aimed at beginning readers. The text likely introduces basic facts about cats — what they are, how they look, what they do, and how they behave — using simple language and illustrations to support early reading and basic science vocabulary.

Because this is a science leveled reader, the book probably focuses on real feline characteristics (e.g., senses, movement, habitat, behavior) rather than a fictional story. Beginning readers in early elementary grades use such science readers to practice decoding while learning essential facts about common animals
ER  -