Level 2 Ready-To-Read Michelangelo gets a cat for his birthday! But Splinter will not let him keep it. The Turtles decide to keep it anyway, and when Splinter finds out their secret, they find that he has a secret as well. Ready-to-Read books offer children a world of possibilities at four different reading levels: Pre-Level 1 Recognizing Words * Word repetition * Familiar words and phrases * Simple sentences Level 2 Reading Independently * More-complex stories * Varied sentence structure * Paragraphs and short chapters Level 1 Starting to Read * Simple stories * Increased vocabulary * Longer sentences Level 3 Reading Proficiently * Rich vocabulary * More-challenging stories * Longer chapters.