Lady Callie is the finest harpist in the land, and she has gone missing. Sir Pete straps on blue armor, takes up a shield lettered CAT and rides out to find her, which goes well right up to the moment he is the one trapped in a dragon's lair and Lady Callie has to do the saving.

The dragon turns out not to want a fight at all. He wants to sing along. That reversal is what makes this one worth reading twice: short sentences and heavy picture support for a child sounding words out, wrapped around a joke about who rescues whom that a five year old gets instantly, plus a quiet lesson about finding friends in unexpected places.

A dragon who only wanted to sing along is a joke that plays better read aloud than read alone, and that is exactly how this one is graded: My First I Can Read, the shared-reading tier, 32 pages in paperback, ages four to eight. Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach comes from the same tier; Pete the Cat Falling for Autumn and Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins are hardcover picture books rather than readers, on the shelf now.

Pete the Cat Goes Camping sends him into the woods after Bigfoot, at I Can Read Level 1.

One rung up at Level 1, Clydeo versus Peanut Butter is Jennifer Aniston's reader about a dog who gets his mouth stuck shut with peanut butter.