This reminds me of a book I used to read to my son and nephew where there are some Pie-Rats who board a boat, tie up the captain and eat the pie his wife baked for him.
(This is it: https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Scarrys-Rats-Ahoy-Step-Into-Reading/dp/067984760X, if anyone has kids in that age group, it's lovely and so are the other books by him)