Pete hikes, he fishes, he eats s'mores by the fire, and then somebody tells a campfire story about Bigfoot. A cat who was perfectly relaxed an hour ago is now listening very hard to the woods, and every swoosh and crack after that is a question he has to answer for himself.

This is Level 1, one rung above the My First books: short sentences, familiar words and simple ideas, for a child who has started sounding out a page alone instead of being read to. The whole ladder is printed on the back cover, and this title also carries Guided Reading Level I in its own box, which is the marker a classroom teacher looks for.

Kimberly and James Dean keep it flat and bright, with Pete in hiking boots and a loaded backpack walking past an orange tent and a trail sign. Thirty two pages at about 6 by 9 inches and 64 g, which is light enough to genuinely take camping.

Paperback, 32 pages, 6 by 9 in (227 by 153 mm), by Kimberly Dean and James Dean. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, September 2018. ISBN-13 9780062675293. Reading level: I Can Read Level 1, Guided Reading Level I. Publisher age guidance: 4 to 8.

At the same Level 1, Pete the Cat Saves Up turns a piggy bank into a story, and Pete the Cat: Sir Pete the Brave is on the shelf as well.

Same reading level, not a Pete book: Clydeo versus Peanut Butter is Jennifer Aniston's reader about a dog whose mouth glues itself shut with peanut butter.