The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat (I Can Read Book 1 Series) » (Reprint)

Nurit Karlin is the author of another I Can Read Book, The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat, as well as Little Big Mouse, The Dream Factory, and the Tooth Witch. She lives in New York City.

The trouble started when Wilma the witch's fat cat sat on the mat. "Get off!" said Wilma's pet rat. "That is MY mat." But the cat won't budge - not for the rat, the rat's bat, or the bat's hat.

Add to this silly mix a fish on a dish and a crazy flying broom, and the doings just get sillier - right up to the comical and unexpected ending.

With its endearing, wacky characters and simple rhymes, this funny story is perfect for beginning readers or for cozy times spent reading together.

Children's Literature

This "I Can Read Book" takes a simple sentence that is often used to introduce a basic phonics concept and creates an entire humorous story from it. In this story, a fat cat owned by a friendly witch sits on a mat often used by the witch's pet rat. The rat and the cat do not get along very well , so the rat gets a bat and a hat to help outsmart the cat to get him off the mat. A funny story to be enjoyed by beginning readers.