"Reinforces both pattern identification and reading skills, stimulates critical thinking, and provides students with an understanding of math in the real world"--Provided by publisher.

Young readers learn patterns using shapes found on the seashore.

A crew of hungry kittens and their captain head to the lake to catch some dinner, but the fish have surprises in store for them. Even before the cats encounter the fish, they run into trouble. What happens when confused kitties paddle every which way? Or when they all lean in the same direction? A pattern is needed to avoid a catastrophe! Patterns are the foundation on which math is built. Using rhythm, wordplay, and countable characters, CATastrophe!...