Rat Attack is a new Brave Mouse Reader which focuses the learner on the short vowel ‘a‘.  Coxe manages to write an exciting story of Gram who is making jam and rats keep showing up trying to get the jam.  Gram is a mouse with grandmice, however they are all dolls (I think).  Finally, Gram thinks of a way to scare off the rats and they create a cat attack to restore peace.  Their home and kitchen are all handmade from found objects and the effect of 3D is very noticeable and pleasing.  Young children will enjoy the story as well as the setting.  How fun if they could make something similar with the story they’ve written from one of the story starters at the end of the book. Rat Attack is a fun, new series helping young readers with the vowels, one at a time.