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The Cat on the Mat Is Flat
First edition cover
AuthorAndy Griffiths
IllustratorTerry Denton
PublisherPan MacMillan
Publication date2006
ISBN978-0-330-42260-4

The Cat On The Mat Is Flat (2006) is a book written by Australian children's author Andy Griffiths and illustrated by Terry Denton. The book uses larger fonts and pictures, and parodies the style of Dr. Seuss books, with the title being an obvious parody of The Cat in the Hat.

Stories

The Cat On The Mat Is Flat contains nine rhyming stories:

  • The Cat, The Rat, The Mat and the Baseball Bat
  • Ed and Ted and Ted’s Dog Fred
  • Pinky Ponky the Shonky, Wonky Bonky Donkey
  • Frog on a Log in a Bog
  • Harry Black, the Sack, the Snack and a Sneaky Snack Stealing Yak called Jack
  • Duck in a Truck in the Muck
  • Unlucky Lou, a kind Kangaroo, a hole in a Shoe and some Extra-Super-Fast-Sticking Super Roo Glue
  • Bill and Phil and the Very Big Hill
  • Andy G, Terry D, The Brave Tea Lady and the Evil Bee

Trivia

  • Most of the illustrations are stick figures.
  • After 'Andy G, Terry D, The Brave Tea Lady and the Evil Bee', there are the tests from the Just! series, plus the poem from the back of The Bad Book, and a sneak peek of What Bumosaur is That?

References

  1. "The Cat on the Mat Is Flat by Andy Griffiths". Publishers Weekly. 10 September 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  2. "The Cat on the Mat is Flat". Kirkus Reviews. 1 August 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

External links

Works by Andy Griffiths
Short story collections
Bad books
Bum trilogy
Cat 'n' Cow series
Just! series
Miscellaneous
  • Killer Koalas from Outer Space (2011)
Novels
Schooling Around series
The Treehouse series
  • The 13-Storey Treehouse (2011)
  • The 26-Storey Treehouse (2012)
  • The 39-Storey Treehouse (2013)
  • The 52-Storey Treehouse (2014)
  • The 65-Storey Treehouse (2015)
  • The 78-Storey Treehouse (2016)
  • The 91-Storey Treehouse (2017)
  • The 104-Storey Treehouse (2018)
  • The 117-Storey Treehouse (2019)
  • The 130-Storey Treehouse (2020)
  • The 143-Storey Treehouse (2021)
Miscellaneous
  • Fast Food and No Play Make Jack a Fat Boy (2006)
  • What Bumosaur Is That? (2007)
  • What Body Part is That? (2011)
  • Stinky Stories
Plays


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