The Cat on the Mat is Flat
Look! Look!
Look at this book!
Funny stories by Andy G.
with silly pictures by Terry D!
There’s a rat with a bat and a very flat cat
and a frog and a hog on a jet-rocket log
and a snack-stealing yak-in-a-sack called Jack
and a duck with a truck that sucks up muck!
All these and lots more
can be found in this book,
so open it up
and...
Look! Look! Look!
Reviews
Imagine the outcome if Dr. Seuss, Dav Pilkey, and Lane Smith were locked in a room until they came up with a book for beginning or reluctant readers. These nine rhyming stories have action galore, plenty of dialogue, and ample pen-and-ink illustrations, all wrapped up in humor... Even young people who are struggling to get the hang of reading may happily handle all 176 crazy pages.
School Library Journal
Griffiths’s innovative book for beginning readers collects nine short, intentionally silly snippets propelled by kid-pleasing, tongue-tripping verse... Denton’s edgy, stick-figure-filled sketches enhance the zaniness factor and the offbeat, ironic humor.
Publishers Weekly
Take one part Dr. Seuss, one part Edward Lear, place in a blender with a dash of Dav Pilkey and a bit of Cartoon Network juice... meant to be read as pure joy. It’s a piece of candy eaten in secret between meals.
The Excelsior File blog
This collection of stories is fun albeit with a touch of mayhem... This is a good book for beginning readers, in the same vein as The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. It will likely spark a new rhyming nation of happy youngsters, some of whom will grow up to write their generation’s outrageously funny advertising jingles... Any beginning reader will find it charmingly slapstick and fun.
Armchair Interviews
Every age group found the frantic, manic and utterly absurd stories which these “poems” potrayed, utterly hilarious. Magpies
An excellent starting point for children to understand rhyme. Byron Shire Echo
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