BR 2-12: The Scaredy Cat

“There was once a cat who lived in a big town. His name was Stanley.”(Punter, 2008, p.2)

The Scaredy Cat

I like the book very much since I read the book for the first time. It is a fiction story, but it is great story. I really enjoyed to read the book. When I looked the book for the first time, I thought the book's illustration is cute and the book's title is interesting. I can't understand a meaning of “SCAREDY” when I looked the book at first. The meaning is important in the book. I really enjoyed to read the book, and I want to read again.

I will introduce a story of this book. In a big town, there was a cat with others animals and people. The cat's name was “Stanley”. Stanley was scared of everything, so everyone called him “Scaredy cat”. Stanley always scared something, for example, planes, trains, boys, noise, heights, kites, frogs, dogs, and more. One day, Stanley went for a walk with his friends, and they are “Tabby and Snowy”.

After a while, they found a mouse, but Stanley said “Let’s not”. Tabby and Snowy said “Let’s go in”. Stanley followed his friends inside. Suddenly, the mouse ran across the hall and down to the cellar, so Snowy and Tabby raced downstairs. However, Stanley said “I’ll stay here” because he scared of something. Now Stanley was all alone, so he felt really scared. And then, Stanley saw something of scared in the house. Stanley was scared very much, however friends don't help him. What do Stanley do after that?

Stanley was scared of everything, so people say “SCAREDY Cat” about Stanley. I thought same thing too before I read the book perfectly. However after I read the book, I thought Stanley was brave cat in all cats. I like him so much. If Stanley be here now, I will want to see him so much. He is a hero in the book, so I thought he is hero on my mind.

This book is a Usborne first reading series, and this book is level three. The Usborne first reading series's book is easy to read for almost people. So you can read the book easily. A sentence is short and a content is easy, and a paragraph is few in a page. I really recommend you this book.


Punter, Russell. (2008). The Scaredy Cat. London, England: Usborne. 

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