Cyril and Pat is a very funny, rhyming romp through the park from the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal-winning Emily Gravett, author of Tidy and Meerkat Mail. 'Enormous fun to read aloud.' – Guardian Cyril is the only squirrel in Lake Park, and he's very lonely. Until one day he meets Pat – Pat the big, grey . . . other squirrel. Cyril and Pat have lots of adventures and fun together and Cyril is so pleased he's made a friend. But everyone says that Cyril and Pat simply cannot be friends, and they soon reveal why: Pat, as the reader has known all along, is actually a RAT! But Cyril's life turns out to be a lot duller and quite a bit scarier without Pat by his side, and in the end the two friends learn that some things are more important than being the same, or listening to others.
Emily Gravett的畫風總是非常飽滿鮮明，在閱讀起來有種讓美感提升的幸福。
Cryil是公園裡唯一一隻松鼠，他覺得很孤單無趣因為只有一個人，直到Pat的出現，生活頓時間豐富了起來。在Cryil眼中Pat是一隻松鼠，只是身上比較髒而已! Pat很聰明有趣，喜歡搞笑也會分享，他們的足跡在公園裡繞來繞去, Cryil和Pat一起開心的玩、享受友誼。但是，周遭的朋友們總是提醒Cryil, 其實Pat不是一隻松鼠而是一隻大老鼠。有一次，Cryil在公園裡被大狗追逐，非常危險之際，Pat和他的朋友們前來保護他，讓Cryil更加認定這個朋友，無論他是松鼠或是老鼠，在友誼的平行線上，就是能夠相知相惜的好朋友。
