The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

McMahon, Kara

Friday the Scaredy Cat

24 pp. | Simon Spotlight | June, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4424-3612-1 $15.99 | Paper ISBN 978-1-4424-2293-3 $3.99

(4) K-3 Ready-to-Read series. Illustrated by Maddy McClellan. Goofy-looking Friday the black cat is proud of his fangs but scared of things like thunder, lightning, doorbells, and car horns, all of which make him jump, run, and hide. He's not afraid of ghosts at all, but ghosts are scared of scaredy-cat Friday. Humorous, off-kilter illustrations enliven the somewhat random story line.

Reviewer: Susan Halperin