I gave this guided reading book a 5/5 because the story is very well done and the topics are those that students will most likely already have background knowledge on, but if not the teacher can provide this to the students. This book has great illustrations to support the text, that the students can also utilize when doing a picture walk before the guided reading and throughout the reading to help them figure out words they may not know. This book also utilizes word patterns as well that can help the reader. This book specifically is about Pete bringing all of his friends together to hang out in his tree house. A problem arises when they realize that the tree house is too small for all of them, so they work together to build a really big one. You would definitely have to teach the students what a blueprint is, because most of them will not know. This book allows for some really fun and engaging activities, like having the students create there own tree house blueprints. ( )

A picture book showing how Pete the Cat builds and awesome tree house for his groovy friends. Shows what true friendship is.

In Pete the Cat: Tip-Top Tree House, Pete invites all of his friends over to spend time in his tree house. When they climb up, they realize the tree house is not big enough to fit everyone! They all work together to build the coolest tree house ever.