Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete: questions to ask and activities to try
Pete the Cat goes trick-or-treating with his friends. Lift the flaps to guess who is behind each costume. A groovy Halloween lift-the-flap book.
What age is Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete for?
Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete is best for ages 3–6.
Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete (James Dean and Kimberly Dean)
- Age
- 3-6
- Best for
- Halloween guessing fun
Only 50pPete the Cat: Trick or Pete activity sheet3 printable pages: questions to talk about, a drawing and writing page, and notes for the grown-up. Instant PDF.
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Guess who is under each costume before lifting the flap. Talk about what your child would dress up as, and who they’d go trick-or-treating with.
Is this book right for your child?
- Age
- 3–6 (nursery to Year 1)
- What they'll enjoy
- Pete the Cat goes trick-or-treating with his friends. Lift the flaps to guess who is behind each costume. A groovy Halloween lift-the-flap book.
- Helps with
- Halloween guessing fun
- Buy or borrow?
- Borrow it from the library first if you can. If your child asks for it again and again, it’s one worth owning, and the questions and activities on this page work best with the book open next to you.
What it helps with
- Guessing and predicting
- Halloween
- Friendship
- Lift-the-flap fun
Comprehension and discussion questions for Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete
Pick two or three, not all of them. “I don’t know” is a fine answer, and you can always come back to it another day.
- “Where did Pete go on Halloween?”
- “Who was behind each costume?”
- “Which costume was your favourite?”
- “Did you guess any before lifting the flap?”
- “What would you dress up as?”
- “Who would you take trick-or-treating?”
For the full list of questions and more, download the PDF below.
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5-minute activities to try together
Guess the costume
Take turns describing a costume without saying what it is. Can the other person guess?
Paper costume
Draw Pete the Cat and design a new Halloween costume for him.
Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete activity sheet: printable worksheet and questions
All the questions and activities above on a ready-to-print activity sheet: questions tagged by reading skill with space to answer, a drawing and writing page with a self-check, and notes for the adult with curriculum links and a 20-minute session plan. Pay by card, PayPal or Payhip and download straight away.
- Page 1, talk about it: questions about the story, each tagged with the reading skill it practises, with space to answer or tick
- Page 2, my favourite part: a drawing box, a sentence starter and a “how did I do?” self-check
- Page 3, notes for the adult: curriculum links, a 20-minute session plan, extension activities, and support and challenge ideas
- Read it togetherEnjoy the story first.
- Ask 2 or 3 questionsFrom the list above, while everyone is calm.
- Print the activity sheetAn activity sheet with questions, a drawing page and notes for you.
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Use it as a lesson plan
Children can listen to Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete, answer questions about it and give a reason for their ideas, and talk about guessing and predicting.
A 20-minute session for ages 3–6 (nursery to Year 1), for a class, a small group or one child at home.
- Warm up (2 minutes). Show the cover and read the title. Ask: “What do you think this story will be about?”
- Read aloud (6 minutes). Read it all the way through. Tip: Guess who is under each costume before lifting the flap. Talk about what your child would dress up as, and who they’d go trick-or-treating with.
- Talk about it (4 minutes). Pick two or three of the comprehension and discussion questions above. “Where did Pete go on Halloween?” works well to start.
- Activity (6 minutes). Do Guess the costume. Take turns describing a costume without saying what it is. Can the other person guess? Children who finish early can try Paper costume.
- Wrap up (2 minutes). Ask each child for one thing they will remember from the story, and why.
Want to go further? The Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete activity sheet has these questions with space to answer, a drawing and writing page, and notes for the adult.
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By the Growing Wise team · Last reviewed: 29 October 2026
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