Reformatted as a stand-alone tale for beginning readers, follows a riotous chase between a rat and a bat-wielding cat. Cats and rats are natural-born enemies, but throw a baseball bat into the mix and the situation is sure to explode. The title story from Griffiths' popular and hilarious book "The Cat on the Mat Is Flat" is now formatted as a stand-alone for beginning readers. Full color.

Long ago, in a small village in the middle of a deep, dark forest, there lived a lonely, deaf girl named Maggie. Shunned by her village because of her disability, her only comfort comes from her vivid imagination. Maggie has a gift for inventing stories and dreams of one day finding her fairy-tale love. When Maggie meets the mysterious Piper, it seems that all her wishes are coming true. Spellbound, Maggie falls hard for him and plunges headfirst...

"Nat the Cat is trying to take a nap. Will he be able to rest?"--

"When Figgy and Boone find a big wheel of cheese, they try to push it up the hill to their house. They work together, but it keeps rolling down the hill. Then they get an idea to use teamwork--and sharing--to save the day! Ready-to-Read Graphics books give readers the perfect introduction to the graphic novel format with easy-to-follow panels, speech bubbles with accessible vocabulary, and sequential storytelling that is spot-on for beginning readers....

"Geronimo and his friend Hercule Poirat venture into the sewers to find the origin of the horrible stink that is driving all the mice away from New Mouse City--and learn an important lesson about recycling."--Provided by publisher.