The Case of the Cat’s Meow audiobook

Favorite book of all time ever.

AR 2.3

Read by: AnnieAuthor: Crosby BonsallGenre: MysteryInterest Level: K-2Grade Level Equivalent: 2.7Lexile: 310LThis book was written in 1965 so some things are slightly odd - for instance, there is a fat character named Tubby, and something about the illustration of the black boy strikes me as possibly racist, but that might just be my imagination. Written in very simple language, this is the story of four friends who try to find one boy's pet cat after it goes missing. They notice that the cat has still been using the cat door to get its food, so they lock the cat door one night and camp out in front of the house - when the cat meows they hear it but can't see it right away. They follow its footsteps to their clubhouse, where the cat has been hiding because she recently gave birth to kittens. Each boy takes a kitten home.

This book is about four kids: Snitch, Wizard, Skinny, and Tubby. They have lost their cat, Mildred, and are looking for him. It is set up as a mystery with the kids basically being detectives, trying to figure out different strategies to find their cat. They go through different obstacles with their strategies, but then at the end, they find Mildred and discover that she has had kittens. They each keep one.This book was funny to me because it just showed the imagination of little kids. They came up with ridiculous different strategies to find the cat and it was just humorous.This could be used in a classroom just to interest the kids. A lot of kids like mysteries, I know I did as a kid, so I think they would be interested in just a fun, easy-to-read book about being detectives.

Snitch is worried his cat, Mildred, might get stolen, so he hides her in the gang's clubhouse. Snitch's brother, Wizard, tells him nobody would steal Mildred in the first place, but even if they did try, they wouldn't get away with it. After all, he and his buddies--Skinny & Tubby--are private eyes with a clubhouse that's alarmed with a special water-bucket-alarm. Despite what Wizard says, Snitch wakes up the next morning to find Mildred gone. He's certain someone has stolen her, and the gang is on the case. After a few dead-ends, the detectives finally solve their case, and boy, are they surprised by what they find!I loved these books when I was little! Love 'em now, too.

Fun book to read with my kids. Although I did the reading, l felt the author used easy enough words that a child could enjoyably read this and feel confident. Great book for K-2 grades. My kids loved the story and enjoyed the mystery.My copy is Weekly Reader Book. Copyright 1965.