Ame Dyckman

Friends Cat, Bat, and Rat move in together and stake out space in the new house - upstairs, downstairs, and "UNDER the stairs." Rat plays jokes on Cat with a rubber spider, then Bat plays a joke on Rat by pretending to eat the spider. Cat is irritated when the others look over her shoulder, then teaches them to read when she realizes they can't. In "Sleeping," the final (half) story, the three friends snuggle in for the night, but Cat refuses to say good night to spider.

Dyckman and Teague are a dream team! This is an engaging set of short stories for early readers.… (mer)